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
- In front of our ephemeral life, many are puzzled and ask themselves: Why are we here?
面对我们短暂的一生,许多人感到困惑,都在自问:为什么我们在这里? - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。 - However, some of the most beautiful and incredible occurrences are ephemeral, creative and destructive all at the same time.
然而,一些最美丽的和令人难以置信的事物的短暂性、创造性和破坏性同时存在。 - 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。 - 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。 - He's saying that even though human life is limited, ephemeral and delicate, it's still beautiful.
诗人认为生命有限,尽管短暂而脆弱,但仍然非常美丽。