short measure

常见例句

The shopkeeper gave me short measure.
店家给我的分量不足。
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。
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。
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When I compare Blackberry, and Amazon I see two companies at either end of this spectrum, one performing to please an investment community and executing to achieve some short term measure of success, and another that is less interested in that, but is more focused on a long term plan for the consumer.
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It is only a short-term measure, admits Gunter Reck, an adviser to the recently created environmental ministry.
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