shortness [ʃɔ:tnəs]

例句:

• Any exercise that causes undue shortness of breath should be stopped.
  任何导致呼吸出现困难的锻炼都应停止。
  
• Alex bridled at the shortness of Pamela's tone.
  亚历克斯对帕梅拉的简慢语气很生气。
  
• Other signs of angina are nausea, sweating, feeling faint and shortness of breath.
  心绞痛的其他征兆有恶心、出汗、头昏和气短。
  
• Individually, shortness isn't necessarily a health problem.
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• He wished he'd said shortness instead of brevity.
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• Should we see shortness as a public-health problem?
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