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
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - Most teenage romances are transitory.
绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。 - But the snow is a transitory problem.
不过，大雪只是一个暂时问题。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。