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

• 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。
• 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。
• Some is ephemeral or vulnerable: garments and textiles, musical instruments, traditional habitat largely built of bamboo etc.
  其中部分文化遗产是短命的或脆弱的，如服装和纺织品、乐器、大多用竹子建造的传统居所等。
• 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。
• 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！
• 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？
• 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。
• 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？
• 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。
• 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。