As a young man, Borlaug worked for a short time on forestry projects in Idaho and Massachusetts.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

So, he actually owned for a short time this huge chateau, and other relatives and friends lived in estates surrounding theirs.

他只拥有这个巨大的城堡一段很短的时间，其他的亲戚朋友的房子都挨的很近。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

She lived in New York for a short time, but she was afflicted with lupus, a very serious illness, and she died at the age of 39 in 1964.

她在纽约度过一段短暂的时光，但她饱受狼疮，一种严重疾病的折磨，最终逝世于1964年。

耶鲁公开课 - 1945年后的美国小说课程节选

And this may be cool enough to keep foods fresh, at least for a short time.

VOA: special.2009.11.30

So, you will feel weightless for a short time or you'll feel your weight is little.

所以你会短时间的感觉到无重力,或者感到自己变轻了

耶鲁公开课 - 基础物理课程节选

For a short time, she and Benny formed their own performing act.

VOA: special.2009.10.11

psi I mentioned that we can also solve for psi here, which is the wave function, and we're running a little short on time,

我说过我们也可以解,波函数，我们讲的稍微有点慢，

麻省理工公开课 - 化学原理课程节选

More than one-hundred men from every part of the United States had come to that little camp stopping there for a short time on their way to getting rich.

VOA: special.2009.06.06

The term is on the board and it's a good example of syncopation sort of jumping in ahead of time cutting off the beat, getting in there ahead of time and throwing off the metrical balance for a very short period of time.

这个词已经写在白板上,这是个非常典型的切分音的例子,它提前跳入,切分节奏,提前介入,并在非常短的时间里,打破拍子的平衡

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

Sometimes people sleep for a short time during the day.

VOA: special.2009.09.27

This declaration is meant to warn that the time to plan for a pandemic is short.

VOA: special.2009.05.06

Gershwin got busy. And,in that short time, he composed a piece for piano and orchestra.

VOA: special.2009.02.15

Also,in Darwin's time, the age of the Earth was estimated only in the millions of years too short a time some said for evolution to work.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

The results suggested that people do act differently if they think they are working with a group for a short period of time instead of a long period.

VOA: special.2009.03.03

Late last April, World Health Organization Director-General Margaret Chan warned that a pandemic was imminent and the time to prepare for it was short.

VOA: standard.2010.04.29

His research shows that those taking the medications for more than four years have a higher risk of a fracture than people taking the drugs for a short period of time.

VOA: standard.2010.03.14