Ebola was so deadly and killed so quickly that within a short period of time, there was no one around to infect.

埃博拉病毒十分致命，致死速度极快，以至于在短时间内，周围没有健康的人可以再被病毒感染。

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A flash mob is a group of people who come together suddenly in a public place, do something unusual for a short period of time, and then quickly break up.

快闪族，是指一群人突然在公共场所聚集，在短时间内做一些不寻常的事情，然后迅速散开。

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I have never seen such a seismic shift in public opinion in such a short period of time.

我从来没有见过公众舆论在这么短的时间内发生如此突然的转变。

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"I think Dubai went a little bit too fast and they borrowed too much money in a very short period of time."

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We did that, we came up with very good Chinese search engine technology, and we signed up a lot of the Chinese portals in a very short period of time.

我们开发了,很好的中文搜索引擎技术，并在短期内，和许多门户网站公司,签了合约。

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Although, maybe it will be in a short period of time as we continue to grow.

可能随着公司发展,会有所变化。

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Prior to her joining, the company cycled through many CMOs in a short period of time.

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Roth individual retirement accounts (Roth IRAs) have been around for a relatively short period of time.

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Microtransactions have changed the way mobile games are distributed in a relatively short period of time.

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