ACT used to be short for American College Testing.

ACT以前是美国大学入学考试的缩写。

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Setup time can be short, for example, if you change over from using white paint to using yellow paint.

准备时间也可能很短，例如，从使用白油漆改为使用黄油漆。

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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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