He felt for the first time that it was a shortish name.

他第一次觉得这是个很短的名字。

It was a shortish date. Failed at life?

只不过是场简短的约会，何以置于生活失败？

Shortish blonde of rising 25 with a skin as hard as marble.

她身体结实，个子不高，白肤金发碧眼，年25，皮肤犹如大理石一般。

She was a solid , shortish blonde of rising 25 with a skin as hard as marble .

她身体结实，个子，白肤金发碧眼，近25，皮肤犹如大理石一般的光滑。

In a shortish book on a vast subject, Mr Beattie's thematic structure makes sense.

相对于宏大的主题这本书略显精悍，贝蒂的主题结构是很有意义的。

The shortish and baldish former gold salesman is about as far from the popular image of a Wall Street titan as you can get.

这位前“黄金推销员”个头不高，有些谢顶，远非你所想象的那种受欢迎的华尔街巨头。

Speaking as a shortish, youngish-looking man with a thin face, I'm keenly interested in an explanation for these biases that obliterates their logic.

我作为一个个子短小，外表显嫩，脸型瘦小的男人，我特别希望这些抹灭正常逻辑的外表偏见能得到一个合理解释。

If you’ve got a shortish but not insignificant chunk of time to spare online – perhaps you’re babysitting for friends, or hanging around waiting at an airport – how about getting some extra cash?

如果你有一个比较短但花在上网又绰绰有余，也许这时你会 - 也许你会帮朋友照顾一下孩子，或这到机场附近逛逛。 如果可以挣外快你觉得怎么样？