ephemeral
英 [ɪˈfemərəl]
美 [ɪˈfemərəl]
adj. 短暂的; 瞬息的
复数:ephemerals
BNC.15628 / COCA.14116
牛津词典
adj.
- 短暂的;瞬息的
lasting or used for only a short period of time
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 短暂的;瞬间的
If you describe something asephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a very short time.- He talked about the country's ephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat...
他谈到战败使得该国短暂的统一彻底破灭。 - These paintings are in some ways a reminder that earthly pleasures are ephemeral.
这些画在某种意义上提醒人们世俗的享乐是短暂的。
- He talked about the country's ephemeral unity being shattered by the defeat...
英英释义
noun
- anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
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
- It's surprising how much value can be placed on an object as ephemeral as a piece of data.
非常令人惊讶,在不过就是一段数据的临时对象上,能寄予多少价值呢? - Entropy increases, but complexity is ephemeral; it increases and decreases in complex ways, unsurprisingly enough.
熵在不断增加,但复杂状态是短暂的;复杂性以复杂的方式增加和减少,这一点也不令人意外。 - Life is eternal. A lifetime is ephemeral.
生命是永恒的,而一生的时间却极为短暂。 - There smiles the Divine Child among his playthings of unmeaning clouds and ephemeral lights and shadows.
那圣洁的孩子在乏味的云层和倏忽变幻的浮光掠影中嬉戏微笑。 - My flower is ephemeral, and she has only four thorns to defend herself against the world. And I have left her on my planet, all alone!
我的花生命是短暂的,她只有四根刺可以保护自己,抵御世界,我却将她独自留在我的星球上了! - Other block devices, including ephemeral disks and volumes, will be ignored.
其他块设备(包括临时磁盘和卷)将被忽略。 - Patterns of deltas are ephemeral.
三角洲式样的变化是很快的。 - My other writings are very ephemeral, but this book will be remembered forever.
我的其他作品很短命,但这本书将永远被人们记住。 - But the ephemeral is still ephemeral if you merely reproduce it and pass it on.
不过,如果你只是复制并传递短暂,它仍然只能短暂。 - Never bowing to the whims of ephemeral fashion, we have always held on to solid and lasting values.
决不屈从于古怪而短暂的时尚,我们始终紧紧坚持可靠与持久的价值。