transitory
英 [ˈtrænzətri]
美 [ˈtrænzətɔːri]
adj. 暂时的; 片刻的; 转瞬即逝的
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- the transitory nature of his happiness
他的幸福昙花一现
- the transitory nature of his happiness
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.- Most teenage romances are transitory.
绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。 - …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
- Most teenage romances are transitory.
英英释义
adj
- lasting a very short time
- the ephemeral joys of childhood
- a passing fancy
- youth's transient beauty
- love is transitory but it is eternal
- fugacious blossoms
双语例句
- However, we must take into account the transitory and partial character of this change for the better on the enemy's side.
但是我们必须估计敌人这种向上变化的暂时性和局部性。 - Did people seriously think the Chinese were going to give up their historic transformation because of a transitory downturn?
人们真的以为中国人会因为短暂的经济低迷而放弃自己的历史性变革吗？ - In Spain, government ministers and officials dismissed the tensions in the bond markets as "transitory" and "speculative".
在西班牙，政府部长和官员们将债券市场的紧张局面贬斥为“暂时”和“投机”现象。 - The resolution of the puzzle was that spending and savings decisions depended on people's views of their long-term ( permanent) income; but they were much less inclined to adjust to transitory income variations in either direction.
对这个谜题的解释是，支出和储蓄决策取决于人们对自己长期（永久）收入的看法；人们往往不会根据短暂的收入变化对支出和储蓄进行调整。 - All this may be transitory.
这一切也许只是暂时的？ - That is transitory or semipersistent in its vector.
在它的介体中是属于中间的或半持久的。 - Most teenage romances are transitory.
绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。 - Peace between the two countries was only transitory.
两国之间的和平仅仅是暂时的。 - 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）。 - Of these patients, one experienced transitory extrapyramidal symptoms and fluctuating impairment of consciousness ( from somnolence to coma) for 6 months.
在这些患者中，1人曾经历短暂的锥体外系症状和6个月的波动性意识障碍（嗜睡到昏迷）。