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单词 ephemeral
释义
ephemeral
adjective
uk
/ɪˈfem.ər.əl/us
/ɪˈfem.ɚ.əl/
lastingfor only ashorttime:
短暂的，极短的；转瞬即逝的
Fame in theworldofrockandpopislargelyephemeral.在摇滚和流行音乐界，名声大多转瞬即逝。
Synonyms
brief(SHORT IN TIME)
evanescentformal
fleeting
fugitive(TEMPORARY)formal
momentary
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
Temporary
  • acting
  • be a nine days' wonderidiom
  • casual
  • casually
  • eddy
  • evanescent
  • fugitive
  • here
  • here today, gone tomorrowidiom
  • impermanence
  • impermanent
  • nine
  • pro tem
  • provisional
  • scratch
  • short-lived
  • short-term
  • sticking plaster
  • stopgap
  • transitory
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(Definition ofephemeralfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

ephemeral| American Dictionary

ephemeral
adjective
us
/ɪˈfem·ər·əl/
lastingfor only ashorttime:
ephemeralfame
(Definition ofephemeralfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofephemeral

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The remaining two tests test the array data structures in simpleephemeraland partially persistent situations.
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The representative makes visible and concrete something that is by its very nature immaterial,ephemeral, and undetermined.
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Therefore, white-vented mynas probably preferred the green patches among residential buildings, as this may have allowed them to more efficiently exploitephemeralanthropogenic food sources.
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A small, possiblyephemeralcaldera lake is a likely source.
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By contrast, imperative data structures are typicallyephemeral: an update destroys the old version of the data structure.
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In this case, the parasite increases the permanence of a habitat that would normally be tooephemeralto support many epibionts.
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The congressional response to the three elections conferring a mandate isephemeral.
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There was an early realisation that radio transmissions, which areephemeral, needed to be supported by material in a more permanent form in other media.
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Theephemeralnature of participation resides in the very conditions that have made increased participation both possible and necessary.
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Every sound is in essence anephemeralentity, possessing nothing perpetual but our memory of it.
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These are linked to the size of the web, its diversity,ephemeralquality, interactivity, and multimodality.
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Oddly, the idea that live performance must be saved from disappearance is not held as a position incompatible with the valuation of performance asephemeral.
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Long and narrow arcades provide the most progressive and sustained thermal transients, whereas wide or short arcades produce rather abrupt andephemeralones.
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Risk, uncertainty and competition have produced insecure,ephemeral, project-based collaboration.
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Furthermore, there is obviously a tendency to begin the more 'official' historiography of marginal musics with moreephemeralmedia than the printed word.
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