transitory

• adj. 短暫的，暫時的；瞬息的

來自 transit,中轉，過渡，-ory,形容詞後綴。

transitory (adj.)

"passing without continuing," late 14c., from Old French transitoire "ephemeral, transitory" (12c.), from Late Latin transitorius "passing, transient," in classical Latin "allowing passage through," from transitus, past participle of transire "go or cross over" (see transient).

1. the transitory nature of his happiness

他的幸福曇花一現

來自《權威詞典》

2. In the final analysis, most of life's joys are transitory.

歸根結底, 塵世間的歡樂大多是過眼煙雲,轉瞬即逝.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

3. Most teenage romances are transitory.

絕大多數青少年的戀情都轉瞬即逝。

來自辭典例句

4. Never use transitory dialogs as error messages or confirmations.

絕不要用臨時對話框作為錯誤信息框或確認信息框.

來自About Face 3交互設計精髓

5. The definition implies two resultant temperatures, transitory and steady state.

該定義包括有瞬時的和穩態的兩種合成溫度.

來自辭典例句