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If afeelingorexperienceis short-lived, it onlylastsfor ashorttime: 短暂的；短命的I had a fewrelationshipsatcollege, most of which werefairlyshort-lived.我在大学时谈过几次恋爱，但大多都十分短暂。 Synonymsbrief(SHORT IN TIME) ephemeral evanescentformal fleeting fugitive(TEMPORARY)formal momentary passing transientformal transitoryformal Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplescontinuing 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.
See more results » Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examplestemporary - temporaryThis is just a temporary solution.
- disposableI bought a disposable camera at the airport.
- makeshiftWe built a makeshift shelter under the trees.
- short-livedI had a few relationships at university, most of which were fairly short-lived.
- provisionalAfter the war, a provisional government was set up.
See more results » SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesTemporary - acting
- be a nine days' wonderidiom
- casual
- casually
- eddy
- ephemeral
- fugacious
- fugitive
- here
- here today, gone tomorrowidiom
- impermanence
- nine
- non-established
- pro tem
- provisional
- scratch
- short-term
- sticking plaster
- stopgap
- transitory
See more results » You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: short-lived| American Dictionarylastingonly for abrieftime: He gotangryeasily, but hisangerwas always short-lived. Examplesofshort-livedshort-lived However, the dynamics that produced this ethnic mix wereshort-lived.From theCambridge English Corpus We foundshort-livednegative prospective associations between grade retention and girls' disruptive behavior beyond its natural persistence.From theCambridge English Corpus This is partly because fear is uncommon andshort-livedin the open.From theCambridge English Corpus It was therefore concluded that it is eithershort-livedor does not exist.From theCambridge English Corpus The simulation indicates that, in the upper crust, the thermal perturbation isshort-lived.From theCambridge English Corpus Furthermore, genes vulnerable to 'boom and bust' cycles are generallyshort-livedwhen deployed in monocultures.From theCambridge English Corpus The large activity ofshort-livednuclei can result in a large release of heat and high radiation dose.From theCambridge English Corpus Second, the free-swimming, butshort-lived, cercariae emerging from the first intermediate host must invade a suitable second intermediate host.From theCambridge English Corpus Sinceshort-livedhosts have little opportunity to outlive the parasite, only long-lived hosts benefit from this strategy.From theCambridge English Corpus Indeed, hershort-livedmarriage itself becomes fodder for sentimental narrative.From theCambridge English Corpus Typically, recessions involve sharp butshort-liveddeclines in economic activity, but expansions are gradual, and often last longer than recessions.From theCambridge English Corpus Thus, skipped-generation households occurred but many wereshort-lived, because other adults joined the household, children moved out, the older person died, or the household dissolved.From theCambridge English Corpus The immunity was stock-specific and directed against the metacyclic forms of the parasite, but wasshort-lived.From theCambridge English Corpus Lewinian social psychology provided a relativelyshort-livedalternative that attempted to do justice to the life of groups but that bracketed out their history.From theCambridge English Corpus These channels tend to be somewhatshort-livedand thus no direct structural studies of an intact channel assembly have (yet) been possible.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |