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

• 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。
• When gauging the amount of inequality, why do transitory and life cycle variations in income cause difficulties?
  在判断收入不平等时，为何收入短期变动和在整个生命周期变动，引起一些困难。
• These feelings tend to be transitory.
  这些感觉多是暂时的。
• All this may be transitory.
  这一切也许只是暂时的？
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Love is transitory, but art is eternal.
  爱情是短暂的；但艺术是永恒的。