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

• 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。
• 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。
• Other block devices, including ephemeral disks and volumes, will be ignored.
  其他块设备（包括临时磁盘和卷）将被忽略。
• You've got a new horizon it's ephemeral style.
  你有了该死的新的短暂目标。
• 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？
• Patterns of deltas are ephemeral.
  三角洲式样的变化是很快的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。