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单词 short-term
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short-termadjective

uk​/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us​/ˈʃɔːrt.tɝːm/

B2 lasting a short time:

short-term memory

B2 relating to a short period of time:

a short-term weather forecast

More examples

  • Our short-term aim is to deal with our current financial difficulties, but our long-term aim is to improve the company's profitability.
  • We want long-term solutions, not short-term palliatives.
  • Small traders often have short-term cash-flow problems.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Temporary

  • a flash in the pan idiom
  • acting
  • be a nine days' wonder idiom
  • casual
  • ephemeral
  • evanescent
  • flash
  • here
  • here today, gone tomorrow idiom
  • impermanent
  • interim
  • makeshift
  • nine
  • pop up
  • provisional
  • scratch
  • short-lived
  • sticking plaster
  • stopgap
  • temporary

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short-termadjective

us​/ˈʃɔrtˈtɜrm/

happening, existing, or continuing for only a little time:

Short-term interest rates are going down.

short termnoun [ S ]

uk​us​

→  short run

short-termadjective

uk​/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/us​

continuing or having an effect for a short period of time in the future:

These risks are short-term and manageable.
Stability involves balancing short-term and long-term outcomes to achieve sustainable success.
Despite some short-term benefits, these strategies exact many costs.
Roughly a third of the workforce is employed under short-term contracts.
Our short-term financial goal is to survive the next few years.
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short-run

ACCOUNTING relating to a period of time of less than one year:

Any liabilities that will be settled in less than 12 months are short-term liabilities.

FINANCE relating to money that is borrowed or invested for a short period of time:

Sometimes banks require emergency short-term financing.
There is optimism that Federal Reserve policy makers will cut short-term interest rates.

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