for a very short time

基本解释

Try forcing people to try pairing for a very short time.
试着强迫人们花很短的时间来尝试结对工作。
While spin locks are CPU-intensive and appear inefficient, they can be more efficient than suspending the thread and subsequently waking it up if the lock in question is held for a very short time.
虽然旋转锁是 CPU 密集型的，显得效率低下，但是如果争夺的锁被持有的时间非常短，那么旋转锁要比暂挂线程然后再唤醒它更有效率。
It may sound morbid but we are all here for a very short time and we may not know when or how but eventually we will all go.
这样问或许令人费解，但人生短暂，我们虽不知道生命会在什么时候，以什么样的方式终结，但终难逃一死。

She lived in New York for a short time, but she was afflicted with lupus, a very serious illness, and she died at the age of 39 in 1964.
她在纽约度过一段短暂的时光，但她饱受狼疮，一种严重疾病的折磨，最终逝世于1964年。
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The term is on the board and it's a good example of syncopation sort of jumping in ahead of time cutting off the beat, getting in there ahead of time and throwing off the metrical balance for a very short period of time.
这个词已经写在白板上,这是个非常典型的切分音的例子,它提前跳入,切分节奏,提前介入,并在非常短的时间里,打破拍子的平衡
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Mr. ZAYER: The look on their life here as an occasional, only for a very short time.
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