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

• 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。
• Love is transitory, but art is eternal.
  爱情是短暂的；但艺术是永恒的。
• 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。
• But the snow is a transitory problem.
  不过，大雪只是一个暂时问题。
• 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。
• The laws of supply and demand suggest that this may not be a transitory phenomenon.
  供需规律意味着，这或许不是一个短暂现象。
• 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。
• 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）。
• Most teenage romances are transitory.
  绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。