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 short-term and long-term loan are handled very differently by the bank.
  银行对长期与短期贷款的处理很不相同。
• Issue short-term, medium-term and long-term loans;
  发放短期、中期和长期贷款；
• In formulating policies, we must not be seeking short-term successes and quick profits ( or we should take a long-range view of things).
  制定政策不能急功近利，要有长远的观点。
• Short-term contracts increase staff turnover
  短期合同使得员工流动率增高。
• 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。
• 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。
• The short-term training class has been run three times.
  短训班办了三期。
• 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。
• 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。