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

• 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。