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小词详解 | transient
transient 英 [ˈtrænziənt] 美 [ˈtrænʃnt]
Other transient types staff care homes and harvest crops as well as doing jobs that require more education.
其他临时性人员则照料家庭、收割庄稼以及从事需要更多教育的工作。
——《经济学人》Hype is transient on the internet, and without the right press or the amplification that comes with big brand partnerships, some houses fizzle.
互联网上的炒作是短暂的,如果没有适当的媒体或者与大品牌合作带来的放大效应,一些机构就会倒闭。
——《纽约时报》
[形容词] 只持续短时间的;非永久的
一小瓶威士忌只能使人暖和一会儿。
A whisky miniature has only a transient warming effect.十几岁青少年的恋情大多数都转瞬即逝,从一开始就注定要破裂。
Most teenage romances are transitory and are doomed from the start.
一个临时机械师拆开机器,看问题出在哪。
A transient work machinist dismantled the machine to see where the problem is.问题的症结在于这个城市有大量的暂住人口。
The crux of the matter is that the city has a large transient population.
Don't cling so tenaciously to ties of the flesh; save your constancy and ardour for an adequate cause; forbear to waste them on trite transient objects.
不要那么苦苦依恋肉体的关系,把你的坚毅和热诚留给一项适当的事业,不要将它浪费在平凡而短暂的事情上。
transitory: not permanent ephemeral: lasting for a very short time fugitive: quick to disappear; fleeting