Since taking such a short leave is not feasible or desirable for everyone, they argued that Marissa was hurting the cause by setting up unreasonable expectations.

不是每个人都会休这么短的产假，也不是每个人都愿意这么做。她们认为迈耶的做法会给女性提出不合理的期望，这对女权主义事业是一种损害。

Then I recalled the fact that Antoine was away; I had given him a short leave of absence. Forthwith, I was disagreeably oppressed by the darkness and silence of the night.

然后我想起了安托万不在的事实。我给了他一个短暂的休假。随即，我被夜晚的黑暗和寂静压得喘不过气来。

I left Alexandria next day, and I forgot about Abraham till a little while ago, when I was dining with another old friend in the profession, Alec Carmichael, who was in England on short leave.

第二天我就离开了亚历山大港，直到不久以前我才又想起阿伯拉罕的事。那是我同另外一个行医的老朋友，阿莱克·卡尔米凯尔一同吃饭的时候。

Where the growth is not too close, the stout, spreading branches, covering more than half of the trunk, are hung with innumerable slender, drooping sprays, handsomely feathered with the short leaves which radiate at right angles all around them.

在生长不太紧密的地方，粗壮、展开的树枝覆盖了一半以上的树干，上面挂着无数细长、下垂的枝叶，短叶以直角向四周辐射，漂亮地覆盖着羽毛。