transitory

Definitions

trans- (across) + it (go) + -ory = of a passing-across nature. A near-synonym of transient: here only in passing, soon gone.

Common Collocations

• 1.transitory nature短暂的本质
• 2.transitory pleasure短暂的快乐
• 3.prove transitory被证明是短暂的

Example Sentences

• 1.

  The pleasure was intense but transitory.

• 2.

  Inflation proved more than transitory.