The Ocean Viking could have a short operational life.

海洋维京号的使用周期可能很短。

It seemed like such a short life.

好像这一生过得太短了。

Which of these insects has the shortest life span?

哪种昆虫寿命最短？

Mice, moreover, have short lives, and thus high turnover.

此外，老鼠寿命短，因此流动率高。

More massive stars like the Sun live shorter lives.

像太阳这样质量更大的恒星寿命更短。

And this makes for a very short mission life.

这就使得它们只能执行短时间任务。

If we say that, we have very, very short lives.

要这么说的话，我们的生命就极为短暂了。

Which have a shorter shelf life and bring in lower margins.

它们的保质期较短，利润率也较低。

Real truffles are seasonal and pricey, with a short shelf life.

真正的松露是季节性的，价格昂贵，保质期短。

And they can have a shorter overall life than lithium-ion batteries.

而且它们的总体寿命比锂离子电池短。

However, this is not the only ill that cut American lives short.

然而，这不是唯一缩短美国人生命的病因。

But he has been very sick for much of his short life.

但是在他不长的人生中，他一直在生病。

FLIES live shorter lives than elephants. Of that there is no doubt.

苍蝇的寿命比大象短。这是毫无疑问的。

But they have a much shorter life cycle and stay alive in two ways.

但它们的生命周期更短，只有2种存活方式。

I'd much rather live a shorter, fuller life, like they do out here.

我更愿意像他们一样，活得虽然不长，却更为充实。

If we look at lives of living predators today, they're pretty short lives.

如果我们来看，现在的食肉动物它们寿命都非常短。

For example, scientists have engineered different kinds of wheat with a very short life.

例如，科学家已经培育出寿命非常短的不同品种的小麦。

The reality is that they lead a shorter life than us, a more accelerated life.

现实情况是，它们的寿命比我们短，生活速度更快。

Captive killer whales have a much shorter life expectancy than those living in the wild.

圈养虎鲸的预期寿命比野生虎鲸短得多。

However, they're only slightly happier than their less-ambitious counterparts, and tend to live significantly shorter lives.

然而，他们只比没有野心的人稍微幸福一点，且寿命往往更短。