1.short-term 短期的
例句: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
。2.instead of 而不是
例句:His success plays his luck instead of his skill.
他取得的成功靠的是运气而不是技术
。3.a handful of 一些
例句:Regardless, DNA tests of the next generation showed that even the most successful cricket lovers produce only a handful of offspring from hundreds of eggs. The rest get eaten.
无论如何,下一代的DNA检测揭示,即便是最成功的蟋蟀情侣,也只能从几百个蛋里制造出一把后代,剩下的都被吃掉了
。4.travel cost 旅游费用
例句:The commission's attempt at an inquiry into the company's handling of travel cost was met by its denial ofa request for an examination of its financial records.
在公司的处理旅行成本的一项调查,委员会的尝试遭到其拒绝其财务记录的考试要求的