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

• To be sure, many young people find only transitory work available during this poor recovery.
  诚然，许多年轻人发现，在当下经济复苏乏力的环境下，只能找到短暂型的工作。
• The rapid and powerful effect produced by intravenous injection may result in a transitory fall in plasma volume.
  快速和强大的影响所产生的静脉注射可能会导致在一个短暂的下降，血浆量。
• Permanent solutions to encroaching process are mostly illusory or transitory.
  永久性解决逐渐蔓延的程序的方案，大多只是自欺欺人或昙花一现。
• If you believe this you also believe that inflation in the US is only transitory and not a problem.
  如果你相信这个，你也相信美国的通胀是短暂的且没事儿。
• 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。
• These feelings tend to be transitory.
  这些感觉多是暂时的。
• 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）。
• Love is transitory, but art is eternal.
  爱情是短暂的；但艺术是永恒的。
• 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。
• Most teenage romances are transitory.
  绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。