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1·The concert only lasted an hour, so we felt we were getting short measure.

音乐会仅仅持续了一个小时，让我们有一种缺斤少两的感觉。《牛津词典》

2·The shopkeeper gave me short measure.

店家给我的分量不足。

3·That vegetable peddler often gives short measure.

那个菜贩经常短斤少两。

4·The last time I went to that pub I was given short measure.

上次我去那家酒吧，喝的酒分量不足。

5·I'm sure the shopkeeper gave me short measure when she weighed out the potatoes.

我肯定那店老板给我称土豆时扣了分量。

6·Tape Measure Murder is a short story by Agatha Christie.

《卷尺谋杀》是阿加莎·克里斯蒂的短篇小说。

7·In short, the nation's central measure of economic well-being works like a calculating machine that adds but cannot subtract.

简而言之，衡量国家经济福祉的核心指标就像一台计算器，只能增加，不能减少。

8·A stop-gap measure merely serves as a commodious addition to some short-sighted result-driven politicians.

一项权宜之计只是为一些目光短浅、以结果为导向的政客提供了方便。

9·Interspersed between them are short, curly fibres that work like tiny springs to keep the longer tufts upright while also giving a measure of cushioning.

又短又弯的纤维分散在表面，就像细小的弹簧一样，使得长一些线头一直挺立着，同时又产生一定的缓冲作用。

10·During the Internet's short life, most people have used a yardstick from traditional media to measure success: audience size.

在因特网问世的短十几年中，大多数人还习惯用衡量传统传媒的方法衡量其是否成功，那就是看它的观众量。