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词汇 example_english_short-amount
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short amount of time

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meanings of short, amountand time


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short
adjective
uk /ʃɔːt/ us /ʃɔːrt/
small in length, distance, ...
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amount
noun[C]
uk /əˈmaʊnt/ us /əˈmaʊnt/
a collection or mass, especially of something that cannot ...
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time
noun
uk /taɪm/ us /taɪm/
the part of existence that is measured in minutes, days, years, etc., or this process considered as ...
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Examples of short amount of time


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An explanation for this result could be the relatively large number of psychotherapy sessions in a shortamount of time.
In a relatively shortamount of time, pupils were able to generate sounds that they felt re-ected the initial stimulus which they had chosen.
A relatively recent upstart, gender and colonialism history has come a long way in a relatively shortamount of time.
It has been effective in eliciting a range of lexical aspect categories in a shortamount of time.
One of the basic findings of this survey was the shortamount of time between the diagnosis of end-of-life and death.
They should allow people to solve problems in a shortamount of time that currently take hours or longer.
It may be three years but three years is a shortamount of time.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
Given the shortamount of time that we have, the more he yawns, the longer this will take.
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The other thing which seems to me strange is the shortamount of time for which people are permitted to come here.
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It is no mean achievement and it is all the more impressive given the shortamount of time that the headquarters has been established.
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I feel it is remarkable what it has managed to achieve in just this shortamount of time.
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We have been spared that by the shortamount of time.
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I am sure that he has broken all records in the shortamount of time that he took to give that summary.
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I will use the shortamount of time available to me to concentrate on the second aspect, for the euro really is an open door to the future.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
It is a tribute to their professional training that they have been able to do it so effectively within the shortamount of time available for speeches.
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I have a shortamount of time.
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For the first time, employees will be able to take a shortamount of leave when a dependant falls ill, which will help them make longer term care arrangements.
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I fear that we have a ridiculously shortamount of time in which to debate a measure that will affect the life and livelihood of thousands of people.
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The plunger lock allows a user to quickly close and lock several cabinets in a shortamount of time.
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One-time passwords are similar to session tokens in that the password expires after it has been used or after a very shortamount of time.
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