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

• 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。
• Patterns of deltas are ephemeral.
  三角洲式样的变化是很快的。
• The storage is called ephemeral, because when you shut down your instance, the information is gone forever.
  这种存储之所以称为临时存储，是因为当您关闭您的实例时，信息将永远消失。
• 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。
• 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。
• Time is eternal, while life is ephemeral.
  时间是永恒的，而生命确很短暂。
• 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。
• I would say high school is ephemeral.
  我会说高中时代是朝生暮死的。
• 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。
• 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。