A bestseller Willpower: Rediscovering Our Greatest Strength, suggests that willpower (意志力) is the ability to make decisions that are better for us in the long term, rather than in the short term.

《意志力：重新发现人类最伟大的力量》这本畅销书表明意志力是做决定的能力，从长远而非短期来看对我们更有益。

Joining a short term research program in China has not only allowed Pakistani agricultural scientist Sayyar Khan to push forward with his academic studies, but also given him a chance to see a country he had heard so much about.

巴基斯坦农业科学家 Sayyar Khan 在中国参加了一个短期研究项目，这不仅让他得以推进他的学术研究，也让他有机会去一个他久经耳闻的国家看看。

In the short term, perhaps they are right.

从短期来看，他们或许是对的。

I see a dangerous trap here: what if you experience something that feels very good in the short term but is actually harmful in the long term?

在这里我看到了一个危险的陷阱：如果你经历某事在短期内感觉很好，但从长期来看实际上是有害的，那该怎么办？

Britain's new rule is a reminder to bankers that society has an interest in their performance, not just for the short term but for the long term.

英国的新规提醒着银行家们，社会不仅对他们的短期业绩有兴趣，而且对他们的长期业绩也有兴趣。

Over the short term, we can predict that the Americas will continue to move westward, farther away from Europe, while Africa and Australia will continue to move northward.

我们可以预测，在短期内，美洲将继续向西移动、远离欧洲大陆，而非洲和澳大利亚板块将继续向北移动。

In the short term it might work.

在短期内，这个做法可能会奏效。

At least in the short term.

至少在短期内情况是如此。

Think as long term or short term.

做一个长期或短期的规划。

How do we define short term planning.

我们是如何定义短期规划的？

Not in the short term.

短期看来还不会。

The company has 90 staff, almost all on short-term contracts.

这家公司有90名员工，几乎全部签的是短期合同。

Investors weren't concerned about short-term profits over the next few years.

投资者不关心今后几年里的短期收益。

There is no easy short-term solution to the country's chronic economic malaise.

在短期内治愈该国经济长期痼疾的灵丹妙药不存在。

We do not try to fine-tune the economy on the basis of short-term predictions.

我们不会根据短期预测而试图对经济作微调。

Short-term contracts increase staff turnover.

短期合同会增加员工的流动率。

We need long-term solutions, not short-term Band-Aid ones.

我们需要长远的解决方法，而不是短期的权宜之计。

Extensive research has shown that the effects of short-term price promotions on sales are themselves short-term.

广泛的研究表明，短期价格促销对销售本身的影响是短期的。

Repeating can help you turn short-term memory into long-term memory.

重复可以帮助你将短期记忆转化为长期记忆。

The clock registers both short-term irregularities and long-term trends in river dynamics.

这个时钟记录了河流动态的短期不规律和长期趋势。

I'm looking for the highest rate possible on a short-term certificate of deposit account.

我正在寻找短期存款帐户的最高利率。

A new study suggested that our short-term memory also may play a role in appetite.

一项新的研究表明，我们的短期记忆也可能对食欲产生作用。

This includes the impact of short-term lets on housing costs and quality of life for residents.

这包括了对居民短期租房的成本及其生活质量的影响。

Laughter produces short-term changes in the function of the heart and blood circulation, increasing heart rate and oxygen consumption.

笑会造成心脏和血液循环功能的短期变化，增加心率和耗氧量。

The emerging consensus around the bill is a sign that legislators are getting frightened about a politically embarrassing short-term collapse at the USPS.

围绕法案形成的共识表明，立法者对美国邮政管理局在政治上令人尴尬的短期崩溃感到惊慌害怕。

UK researchers found moving to a green space had a sustained positive effect, unlike pay rises or promotions, which only provided a short-term boost.

英国研究人员发现，搬迁至绿地能带来长期的积极影响，而不像加薪或升职，只提供了短期的促进作用。

Exposures to odors in natural environments often occur over far longer periods, and the resulting adaptations may differ qualitatively from short-term olfactory adaptation.

在自然环境中暴露于气味通常会持续更长的时间，并且所产生的适应性可能与短期嗅觉适应性在质量上有所不同。

A country lacking short-term liquidity would be loth to approach the IMF for a loan under the "stand-by arrangement", the mainstay of the IMF's crisis lending.

一个缺乏短期流动性的国家可能不愿向国际货币基金组织寻求“备用信贷协议”——IMF 危机贷款的中流砥柱。

Their findings disprove accepted notions about homeworkers: that they are unqualified for other jobs and that they use homework as a short-term strategy for dealing with child care.

他们的研究结果推翻了人们对居家工作者的普遍看法：即他们不具备从事其他工作的资格，以及他们将家庭作业作为处理儿童保育问题的短期策略。

When it comes to eating smart for your heart, thinking about short-term fixes and simplify life with a straightforward approach that will serve you well for years to come.

当说到有益心脏健康的饮食的时候，可以考虑一下短期的解决办法，用简单明了的方法简化生活，这会让你在今后的日子里受益良多。