short-term

adjective
🔊/ˌʃɔːt ˈtɜːm/
🔊/ˌʃɔːrt ˈtɜːrm/
[usually before noun]
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  1. lasting a short time; designed only for a short period of time in the future短期的;近期的
    • a short-term loan短期贷款
    • to find work on a short-term contract找一份短期合同工作
    • short-term plans近期计划
    • a short-term solution to the problem解决这个问题的短期措施
    • His short-term memory (= the ability to remember things that happened a short time ago) is failing.他的短时记忆越来越差了。🔊🔊
    compare long-termTopics Timeb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryShort-term is used with these nouns:
    • aim
    • benefit
    • care
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