The vehicle Antilock Braking System (be short for ABS) has been widely applied on the vehicles, in order to improve the safety.

为提高汽车行驶安全性，制动防抱死系统(简称abs)在汽车上得到了广泛应用。

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For example, we think that short boys can't possibly be good basketball players.

例如，我们认为矮的男孩不可能成为好的篮球运动员。

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Sunshine will be in short supply for the west coast.

西海岸将不会有充足的阳光。

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Alex can be short for Alexander or the female version,Alexandra.

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But there may be ways of being pulled up short, occasions for being pulled up short, that Gadamer thinks exceed the imaginative grasp of a reader.

但葛达玛认为,有好几种“突然停下“的方法和场合，会超乎读者的想象，理解不了。

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

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"Short lines may be short for a reason, " he says, adding that others may have left a short line because it was taking too long.

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When located, the grave was found to be too short for the corpse, leaving the head tilted forward, and the unusual position of the hands suggested the body may still have had its hands tied.

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That may not be good news for Sony, but it could be a short-term boon for video-hungry PSP owners.

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