How could you do it in such a short period of time?
你是怎么在如此短的時(shí)間里做到的？
The government is long on ideas but short on performance.
這個(gè)政府想法很多但執(zhí)行的卻太少。
They had achieved a lot in a short space of time.
他們?cè)诙虝r(shí)間內(nèi)取得了很大的成績(jī)。
The fact remains that we are still two teachers short.
實(shí)際情況是我們還缺少兩名教師。
The short story is a difficult art form to master.
短篇小說(shuō)是一種很難掌握的藝術(shù)形式。