The philosopher Diderot has very aptly claimed that a man's bearing is the clue to his character, and this stocky little man was certainly a living proof of this claim.

狄德罗认为人手势是富于譬喻，真是说对，现在这个人正是这句活活证据。

The old woman laughed and started smoking a short black pipe.

老妇大笑起，开始用一个黑烟斗吸烟。

His short, punchy poems are characterised by their ability to evoke images through the smallest of details, or through sudden shifts of register.

虽篇幅，却一击中，其诗特色便是，以最幽微细节抑或语域骤然切换，于读者眼前唤起鲜活画面。

Not sure how many " bytes" it would take but with too much " hard wear" the robot could short " circat" .

不知道需要被咬多少下，但如果太多，机器人可能会变得很。

The public at large-most people in the world-are now aware of the need to 'Reduce, Reuse and Recycle', the slogan-or short, memorable phrase-used by environmentalists to spread their message.

大分公众——世界上大分人——现在意识到了“减少，重复使用和回收”必要性，这个口号——或者说易记语——被环境学家用传播他们观点。

It was a short, beautiful and baffling work.

这是一本篇幅、文字优美、但很深奥作品。

Today I've got another short and snappy lesson for you.

今天呢，我给大家准备了非常精悍一节课程。

Short and active sentences, with common words that everyone uses, are best.

生动句子，加上所有人都使用常用词，这就是最好搭。

For Carla, Twitter worked because it was simple.The updates were always short under 140 characters.

卡拉喜欢Twitter精悍，每条消息不超过140字。

In 1943, one scientist created a baby schema that identified key features associated with cuteness, like plump cheeks, large eyes, and short limbs.

在 1943 年，一位科学家创建了一张婴儿图式，它标出了与可爱相联关键特征，如圆润脸颊，大眼睛和四肢。

They usually have lots of big pictures and the articles are not very long.

通常上面有许多大幅图片和文章。

A shorter name would be more convenient on a sign.

名字从记忆角度说更为方便。

But more importantly, the short film reflects Herzog's own quest to find adequate images.

重要是，这则影片反映了赫尔佐格对遂心影像需要。

It's very short and it's very good.

该片精悍。

It's got the long head and the short deck, very reminiscent of that car.

它有长长车头和精悍车顶，非常让人联想到那辆车。

And with presentations, you probably want to keep them short and sweet.

而做简报演示时，你可能想让它们精悍。

So think of it as like short baby steps, but still in the right direction.

所以可以把它想象成婴儿步伐，尽管步子，但方向是正确。

And that's it for the introduction; it's pretty short and sweet.

这就是我引入段落；精悍。

Phrasal verbs involve a verb and another short word or words.

语动词包含一个动词和另一个或多个单词。

When Star Wars, which to me was the ultimate science fiction film in its day, so this would have been 77, probably the Oscars of 78 lost to Annie Hall, a little cute relationship story.

当时星球大战对我说是那个时代终极科幻电影，所以是 77 年，可能是 78 年奥斯卡输给安妮霍尔，一个精悍情感片。