[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]短期的;近期的Short-term is 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.
[usu ADJ n]
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。
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。
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。
The short-term outlook for employment remains gloomy...
近期的就业前景依然暗淡。
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。
Oxford
ˌshort-ˈterm/; NAmE/adjective[usually before noun ]lasting a short time; designed only for a short period of time in the future 短期的;近期的◆a short-term loan短期贷款◆to find work on a short-term contract找一份短期合同工作◆short-term plans近期计划◆a short-term solution to the problem解决这个问题的短期措施◆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。☞compare
long-term
ˌshort-ˈterm/; NAmE/
LDC
short-termˌshort-ˈterm ●●○ adjective [usually before noun]
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continuing for only a short time, or relating only to the period that is not very far into the futureOPP long-term: The treatment may bring short-term benefits to AIDS sufferers. Most of the staff are on short-term contracts. She’s suffering from short-term memory loss. → in the short term
at term1(6)
—short-term adverb
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