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

• 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。
• Other block devices, including ephemeral disks and volumes, will be ignored.
  其他块设备（包括临时磁盘和卷）将被忽略。
• In front of our ephemeral life, many are puzzled and ask themselves: Why are we here?
  面对我们短暂的一生，许多人感到困惑，都在自问：为什么我们在这里？
• It's surprising how much value can be placed on an object as ephemeral as a piece of data.
  非常令人惊讶，在不过就是一段数据的临时对象上，能寄予多少价值呢？
• 40379 is the source, or ephemeral port, and is only significant for this connection.
  是源或临时端口，并且仅对这个连接有意义。
• Entropy increases, but complexity is ephemeral; it increases and decreases in complex ways, unsurprisingly enough.
  熵在不断增加，但复杂状态是短暂的；复杂性以复杂的方式增加和减少，这一点也不令人意外。
• 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。
• Time is eternal, while life is ephemeral.
  时间是永恒的，而生命确很短暂。
• Yet hope springs ephemeral in this production.
  然而，在这部作品中希望只是昙花一现。
• You've got a new horizon it's ephemeral style.
  你有了该死的新的短暂目标。