1.
In the past few days financial markets have paused for thought about the valuation of the increasingly ephemeral things in which they deal.
过去的几天金融市场停顿下来思考它们交易的那些越发短命的东西的估价。
2.
Strength of Cultures: East and West
东西文化的“长”与“短”
3.
The quality of being determined by fate.
天数由命运决定的东西
4.
The inanimate objects were not changed; but the living things had altered past recognition.
无生命的东西依旧，有生命的东西已面目全非。
5.
Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.
短命的或短暂的，如生命
6.
How much of it is temporary, incomplete and fragmented?
又有多少东西是短暂的、残缺的、破碎的？
7.
a light brief snowfall and gust of wind (or something resembling that).
一阵短暂的小雪和风（或类似的东西）。
8.
hit with something flat, like a paddle or the open hand.
用扁平的东西打，比如短桨或敞开的手。
9.
with fatal consequences or implications.
具有致命的结果或者与致命有关的东西。
10.
relating to the lack of consciousness of inanimate things.
与没有生命的东西的意识的缺乏相关。
11.
Air and water are indispensable to life.
空气和水是生命所必需的东西。
12.
All living things need air.
一切有生命的东西都需要空气。
13.
They hunted hard for the missing property [lost document].
他们拼命寻找丢失的东西[文件]。
14.
Read, study and learn about everything important in your life.
读书、究和学习你生命中重要的东西。
15.
All life(living things) seemed to live in peace.
一切有生命的东西似乎和平共处。
16.
He pawed frantically through the drawers.
他拼命翻找抽屉里的东西。
17.
The idea of cloning life forms no longer belongs to science fiction.
克隆生命不再是科幻小说里的东西了。
18.
All the lives look like working in peace.
一切有生命的东西似乎和平相处.