short-term

英 [ˌʃɔːt ˈtɜːm]

美 [ˌʃɔːrt ˈtɜːrm]

adj.  短期的; 近期的

IELTSTEM8

牛津词典

adj.

• 短期的；近期的
  lasting a short time; designed only for a short period of time in the future
  1. a short-term loan
     短期贷款
  2. to find work on a short-term contract
     找一份短期合同工作
  3. short-term plans
     近期计划
  4. a short-term solution to the problem
     解决这个问题的短期措施
  5. His short-term memory (= the ability to remember things that happened a short time ago) is failing.
     他的短时记忆越来越差了。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 短期的;近期的
  Short-termis used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future.
  1. Investors weren't concerned about short-term profits over the next few years...
     投资者对未来几年里的短期收益并不感兴趣。
  2. This is a cynical manipulation of the situation for short-term political gain...
     这是为了获取短期政治利益而损人利己地对局势进行操纵。
  3. The company has 90 staff, almost all on short-term contracts...
     公司有 90 名员工，几乎全是签的短期合同。
  4. The short-term outlook for employment remains gloomy...
     近期的就业前景依然暗淡。
  5. There is no easy short-term solution to Britain's economic malaise.
     没有什么办法在短期内就可以轻易解决英国的经济问题。

英英释义

adj

• relating to or extending over a limited period
  1. short-run planning
  2. a short-term lease
  3. short-term credit
  Synonym:short-run

双语例句

• Investment and hiring decisions are not short-term.
  投资和雇佣并不是什么短期决策。
• This can be an effective short-term approach.
  这可以成为一个有效的短期方法。
• Investors weren't concerned about short-term profits over the next few years
  投资者对未来几年里的短期收益并不感兴趣。
• They had a short-term vacancy for a person on the foreign desk
  他们在国际新闻组有一个短期的空缺职位。
• DARPA programs are highly applied and short-term oriented, while its support for basic research in robotics has been drastically reduced in the past year.
  在美国darpa项目广泛应用和短期支持，而机器人基础研究的支持在过去几年激减。
• This boom has been engineered by the Chancellor for short-term political reasons.
  这片繁荣景象是总理为了短期政治利益而精心安排的。
• We do not try to fine-tune the economy on the basis of short-term predictions
  我们不会根据短期预测就试图对经济进行微调。
• Weigh long-term benefits against short-term drawbacks.
  对长远的利益和眼前的弊端进行权衡。
• Short-term fluctuations could be smoothed out by borrowing and saving.
  短期的波动可以通过借贷和储蓄平滑掉。
• Short-term securities can also be held as part of an investment portfolio.
  投资组合里也可以包括短期有价证券。