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

• They are prepared to wait longer for a pay-back from investment rather than concentrate on short-term profits.
  他们愿意等待更加长期的投资收益，并不特别在乎短期利润。
• The rest of the staff have been hired on short-term contracts
  其余的工作人员签的是短期雇用合同。
• 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。
• 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。
• It exposes the fallacy of short-term industrial gain at long-term environmental expense.
  这暴露了以长久的环境破坏为代价换取短期工业利益的错误。
• Its important to have both short-term and long-term goals.
  同时设定短期和长期目标很重要。
• Investment and hiring decisions are not short-term.
  投资和雇佣并不是什么短期决策。
• 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。
• 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。
• We're trading long-term volatility for higher short-term volatility.
  我们只是在长期波动和短期波动之间做选择题。