Short-term is used to describe things that will last for a short time, or things that will have an effect soon rather than in the distant future.
双语例句
例： Investors weren't concerned about short-term profits over the next few years.
投资者不关心今后几年里的短期收益。
例： The company has 90 staff, almost all on short-term contracts.
这家公司有90名员工，几乎全部签的是短期合同。