| 1. | He laughed a little short ugly laugh .
他发出了一声短促的苦笑。 |
| 2. | Her short life had hardly been a happy one .
她那短促的一生实在算不得幸福。 |
| 3. | He spoke with a clipped military accent .
他说话时带着军人的那种短促的音调。 |
| 4. | He was noted as the originator of the "short attack" .
他以“短促突击战”创始者著称。 |
| 5. | As you know, time presses .
你知道，时间很短促。 |
| 6. | Their conference was very short, but very decided .
他俩的会谈是很短促的，但是很有决定性。 |
| 7. | His breathing quickened .
他的呼吸短促起来。 |
| 8. | My moment of sleep is a great wrench, an agony .
我那短促的睡眠，简直是一种要命的痛苦和折磨。 |
| 9. | Life's beastly short .
人生太短促了。 |
| 10. | However short life might be, it was necessary to sustain it .
无论生命多么短促，坚持到底总是必要的。 |
