短期的英文：
short-term

参考例句：

In the short run;in the short term
短期看来

(5) short-term arbitrage commitments.
(5)短期套利交易

Forecasts for the future- short-term outlook.
前景预测-短期预测

Mandatory community service? Perhaps even a short jail term?
做强制性的社区义工?甚至是短期监禁?

ROI tends to emphasize short-run profit rather than long-run profitability.
片面强调短期收益而忽略长期收益性。

Individual convictions count for little when habits of corruption or the drive for the quick buck overwhelm them.
当腐败惯例或者获取短期利益的欲望战胜个人信念的时候,个人信念没有什么作用。

Our camp is well stocked with everything we need for a short stay.
我们营中凡短期居留所需之物都有充分的储备。

Short-term instability
短期不稳定

Short-term borrowings(debt)
短期借款

Short-term notes and bills payable
应付短期票券

short是什么意思：
adj. 短的，矮的，低的；短暂的，短期的；短缺的；缩写的；简慢无礼的；暴躁的
adv. 突然，唐突地；不足
n. 短裤；短路；缺乏

short cataloging
简化编目

The trouble be that we be short of hand.
困难是我们缺少人手。

The horse stopped short at the fence.
马跑到篱笆处突然停了下来。

Short skirts are out of fashion.
短裙不流行了。

We are short of these types at present.
现在我们短缺这些铅字。

term是什么意思：
n. 期，期限；学期；任期；条款；项；条；术语
v. 把…称为，把…叫做

It is a contradiction in terms.
这在措词上是自相矛盾的。

Hip is short term and earnest is long term.
时髦是短暂的，真诚是长远的。

extreme term of proportion
比例外项

We have four terms a year.
我们每年有四个学期。

A semester consists of 2 terms.
一个半学年包括两个学期。