🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

短期的

Pronunciation / Transliteration: duǎnqī de

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
short-term/ˌʃɔːtˈtɜːm/
adjectivenounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1850 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这是一个短期的目标。"

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1 sense
As adjective
  1. 1

    Occurring over or involving a relatively short period of time.

    "They signed a short-term lease for the apartment."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the combination of 'short' (Old English 'sceort') and 'term' (Old French 'terme', from Latin 'terminus' meaning boundary or limit). Recorded in the late 19th century initially in financial and economic contexts.

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