transitory

英 [ˈtrænzətri]

美 [ˈtrænzətɔːri]

adj.  暂时的; 片刻的; 转瞬即逝的

TOEFLGRETEM8法律

BNC.19572 / COCA.18961

牛津词典

adj.

• 暂时的；片刻的；转瞬即逝的
  continuing for only a short time
  1. the transitory nature of his happiness
     他的幸福昙花一现

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 短暂的;转瞬即逝的;昙花一现的
  If you say that something istransitory, you mean that it lasts only for a short time.
  1. Most teenage romances are transitory.
     绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。
  2. …a sad reminder of the transitory nature of political success.
     不由得令人悲哀地想到政治成功昙花一现的本质

英英释义

adj

• lasting a very short time
  1. the ephemeral joys of childhood
  2. a passing fancy
  3. youth's transient beauty
  4. love is transitory but it is eternal
  5. fugacious blossoms
  Synonym:ephemeralpassingshort-livedtransientfugacious

双语例句

• It is to accept that the innovator's curse is to be transitory.
  创新者要受的诅咒总是要暂时被接受的。
• Second, the gains to the periphery were transitory, if not illusory.
  其次，欧元区外围国家获得的收益即使算不上虚幻一场，也只是过眼烟云。
• For a transitory enchanted moment man must have held his breath in the presence of this continent.
  在那昙花一现的神妙的瞬间，人面对这个新大陆一定屏息惊异。
• All this may be transitory.
  这一切也许只是暂时的？
• This pattern processes each record in an input file and accumulates the resulting processed records in one or more "transitory" target files which will be moved to target directories on completion.
  此模式处理输入文件中的每个记录，并将所得到的经过处理的结果累积为一个或多个“临时”目标文件，此文件将在完成时移动到目标目录。
• This false world is but transitory ( William Dunbar).
  这个虚幻的世界只是昙花一现（威廉邓巴）。
• But forgiveness blots out bitterness from human heart like transitory ripples on water.
  但是宽恕能够从人心中清除痛苦就像水中暂时泛起的波纹。
• The images reflect on the transitory and fleeting nature of life, they are in themselves ephemeral.
  这些图片展示了生命的转瞬即逝，展示了自然的主导作用。
• Peace between the two countries was only transitory.
  两国之间的和平仅仅是暂时的。
• In man transitory life attains its peak of animation, of soul power, so to speak.
  可以这么说，在人身上，短暂的生命达到了其活力与精神力量的巅峰。