transitory
🇬🇧 UK/'trænsɪt(ə)rɪ/🇺🇸 US/'trænsitәri/
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Definitions
adj.
Lasting only a short time; not permanent.
短暂的;暂时的;瞬息的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Root-derivedCommon Collocations
- 1.transitory nature短暂的本质
- 2.transitory pleasure短暂的快乐
- 3.[transitory effect]短暂的影响
- 4.prove transitory被证明是短暂的
Example Sentences
- 1.
Fame can be transitory in the entertainment industry.
- 2.
Fame can be transitory; many celebrities are quickly forgotten by the public.
- 3.
The economist argued that the rise in inflation was transitory, not structural.