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

• Peace between the two countries was only transitory.
  两国之间的和平仅仅是暂时的。
• Love is transitory, but art is eternal.
  爱情是短暂的；但艺术是永恒的。
• 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。
• Never use transitory dialogs as error messages or confirmations.
  绝不要用临时对话框作为错误信息框或确认信息框。
• Most teenage romances are transitory.
  绝大多数十几岁少年的恋情都转瞬即逝。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。