In the short term, perhaps they are right.

从短期来看，他们或许是对的。

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The company has 90 staff, almost all on short-term contracts.

这家公司有90名员工，几乎全部签的是短期合同。

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Investors weren't concerned about short-term profits over the next few years.

投资者不关心今后几年里的短期收益。

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The two time periods tested whether people were more likely to act differently in the short term than in the long term.

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That I think is a real virtue but it can come at the price of demanding short term accountability.

我认为这是个优点，但是可能会,付出短期责任的代价。

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So in the short term, my future plans are to get some real human resources experience

短期内，我计划做一些人力资源方面的工作，积累经验，

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My hope is to resettle for the short term in another country so I can continue my studies.

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But when I asked him about the short term, it was admittedly a harder sell.

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But Wall Street isn't so sure about future sales growth, at least in the short term.

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