ephemeral

英 [ɪˈfemərəl]

美 [ɪˈfemərəl]

adj.  短暂的; 瞬息的

复数：ephemerals　

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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.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。

英英释义

noun

• anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
  Synonym:ephemeron

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:passingshort-livedtransienttransitoryfugacious

双语例句

• You've got a new horizon it's ephemeral style.
  你有了该死的新的短暂目标。
• Files stored here should be considered temporary because each instance's file system is ephemeral.
  存储在这里的文件应该被认为是临时的，因为每个实例的文件系统不是永久的。
• If an ephemeral disk fails, that failure is scoped to that host.
  如果临时磁盘坏了，那么故障的范围仅仅是那台主机。
• 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。
• 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！
• In the memories of time, only that which is ephemeral is lasting.
  在时光的记忆中，只有瞬息才是永恒。
• Their colours and their sense of the ephemeral make them a source of inspiration.
  它们的颜色和它们给人的生命短暂的意识，使其成为一个灵感的源泉。
• Happiness is frivolous, fleeting, ephemeral.
  幸福是轻浮的、飞驰的、短暂的。
• It makes our life fragile, ephemeral, and as a result of that, more precious.
  它让我们的生命脆弱，短暂，因此而更珍贵。
• 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。