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near-term

/neer-turm/US // ˈnɪərˈtɜrm //

近期,近期的,近期内,短期内

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : for, covering, or involving the very near future: the near-term prospects for lower interest rates.

Examples

  • But on Thursday Boxer triggered a Golden State political earthquake, announcing that she would not seek a fifth term in 2016.

  • Certainly, she seems to command near-total devotion among her clients.

  • Term limits could be a prescription to speed change along.

  • Wrapees was the term marines used for the Japanese because they had wrapping round their legs.

  • This was later repurposed in Europe as an explanation for racial superiority, and the term “Aryan” came to define a white race.

  • The country is well inhabited, for it contains fifty-one cities, near a hundred walled towns, and a great number of villages.

  • So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.

  • The two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.

  • All changes are to be Rang either by walking them (as the term is) or else Whole-pulls, or Half-pulls.

  • There was a lathe near the spot where David Arden stood, and shavings and splinters under his feet.