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.

  1. 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

  1. ADJ-GRADED 短暂的;转瞬即逝的;昙花一现的
    If you say that something is transitory, 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

双语例句

  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
  3. 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。
  4. 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。
  5. 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。
  6. Love is transitory, but art is eternal.
    爱情是短暂的;但艺术是永恒的。
  7. 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。
  8. 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。
  9. These feelings tend to be transitory.
    这些感觉多是暂时的。
  10. 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。
  11. 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。
  12. 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?
  13. 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。
  14. He advised me to utilize the remaining years of my transitory life in self uplift and social service.
    他建议我把我的短暂的有生之年奉献到自我提升和社会服务上来。
  15. 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。
  16. All this may be transitory.
    这一切也许只是暂时的?
  17. The costs of the recession, on this view, are at least partially permanent rather than transitory.
    如此说来,衰退造成的损失至少有一部分会长期存在,并非一时可弥补。
  18. Peace between the two countries was only transitory.
    两国之间的和平仅仅是暂时的。
  19. 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。
  20. 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。
  21. 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。
  22. 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)。
  23. 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。
  24. 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。
  25. But the snow is a transitory problem.
    不过,大雪只是一个暂时问题。
  26. 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。
  27. This false world is but transitory ( William Dunbar).
    这个虚幻的世界只是昙花一现(威廉邓巴)。
  28. The images reflect on the transitory and fleeting nature of life, they are in themselves ephemeral.
    这些图片展示了生命的转瞬即逝,展示了自然的主导作用。
  29. 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。
  30. 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。

英英释义

adj

  1. 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