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单词 momentary
释义
momentary
adjective
uk
/ˈməʊ.mən.tər.i/us
/ˈmoʊ.mən.tər.i/
lastingfor a veryshorttime:
片刻的，瞬息的；短暂的
a momentaryhesitation片刻的犹豫
Synonyms
brief(SHORT IN TIME)
ephemeral
evanescentformal
fleeting
fugitive(TEMPORARY)formal
passing
short-lived
transientformal
transitoryformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
continuing for less time than usual
  • shortHe received a short jail sentence.
  • quickI need to make a quick phone call - I'll be right back.
  • briefWe had a brief chat this morning.
  • short and sweetThe business meeting was short and sweet.
  • momentaryIt was just a momentary lapse in judgment - I won't do it again.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Short in time
  • abbreviated
  • at a moment's/two hours'/three weeks', etc. noticeidiom
  • awhile
  • be short noticeidiom
  • bite-sized
  • brief
  • dose
  • fit
  • instant
  • jiffy
  • micro-moment
  • minute
  • mo
  • moment
  • momentarily
  • shortish
  • transient
  • trice
  • twinkling
  • wee hours
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(Definition ofmomentaryfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmomentary

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The familiar vision of a central self should be replaced with that of an emergent self that is bothmomentaryand developing.
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The feelingful work of language, the creative use of language, can and does bring such images and remembrances intomomentaryfocus.
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The deeper sense of the relation between narrative structure and musical structure is never an occasional,momentaryor contingent one.
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That a census provides only amomentarysnapshot rather than a continuous moving picture is of course true.
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Visitors must not be susceptible tomomentaryimpulses to help; their intervention must be calculated.
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Conversely,momentarylarge excursions may also occur during the non-turbulent intervals; these are due to the large short duration excursions in the 'noise'.
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What gave the discipline itsmomentaryimportance was the idea that textual analyses enabled philologists to describe the origins of the human species.
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Hall suggests that the fully realised sense of self is only amomentary, contingent settlement.
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Released from a narrow objectivism it plays a role in the fluid and transient understanding of ourmomentaryselves.
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However, this linkage is new and can be accomplished only through themomentarycollection of these items all at once in awareness.
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Thus, the "cur rent phase" appears only after amomentaryhiatus.
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However, the latter authors adopted amomentarycriterion of instability and the predicted instability is limited to a small part of the cycle.
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The figures show that as the iteration continues, the energy decreases globally withmomentaryincreases.
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This is notmomentaryweakness on her part, but a systematic trope in the novel.
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Pitch-based score followers respond only tomomentarychanges of sound, and thus present different challenges than human partners in performance.
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