Carbon dust and oil build up in large motors and cause them to short-circuit.

碳尘和燃油在大发动机里越积越多，造成了发动机短路。

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A short walk will limber up the legs.

短距离步形会让腿部热身。

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The guide book contains a short write-up of each hotel.

指南包括对每个酒店的简评。

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He had told a friend, "You come to realize that life is short, and you have to step up.

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As I say, it's a wonderful irony that this particular difficulty in reading is precisely what Gadamer calls being pulled up short.

如我所说，这是个有趣的讽刺，这个阅读中特别的困难,正是葛达玛说的因某事“突然停住“

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And it's at the height of this vision of our floral decoration of Lycidas' hearse that the speaker is suddenly caught up short.

都到了用鲜花装饰利西达斯的灵车,的时候了读者才突然领会到。

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Over the past two years AIM set up three new funds--the Small, Mid and Large Cap Opportunities Funds--that can short up to 25% of assets.

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"We're a tiny bit short up front, " said Hurst.

BBC: England not good enough to win World Cup - Geoff Hurst

It struck me that before I could reach the oval mirror in the upstairs hall, I had to pass through the front hall, cross the dusky living room with its sagging couch, walk the length of the kitchen, and climb two sets of creaking stairs, the long one up to the landing and the short one up to the hall.

NEWYORKER: Miracle Polish