剑桥高阶英汉双解词典 - ephemeral collapse

ephemeral
[UK]/ɪ'fem.ər.əl/ [US]/-ɚ-/
adjective
* lasting for only a short time
短暂的，极短的；转瞬即逝的

1. Fame in the world of rock and pop is largely ephemeral.
在摇滚和流行音乐界，名声大多转瞬即逝。

柯林斯COBUILD高阶英汉双解学习词典 - ephemeral collapse

ephemeral
1.ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词短暂的;瞬间的 If you describe something as ephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a very short time.

【语域标签】：FORMAL 正式

  • 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。

  • 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。

牛津高阶英汉双解 第7版 - ephemeral collapse

ephemeral
ephem·eral / i5femErEl / adjective   (formal)lasting or used for only a short period of time
   短暂的；瞬息的
   SYN  short-lived

新牛津英语同义词词典 - ephemeral collapse

ephemeral

adjective
fashions are ephemeral
TRANSITORY , transient, fleeting, passing, short-lived, momentary, brief, short, cursory, temporary, impermanent, short-term; fading, evanescent, fugitive, fly-by-night; poetic/literary fugacious.
See AWKWARD SYNONYMS at transient.
-opposite(s): LONG-LIVED, PERMANENT.

词源记忆 - ephemeral collapse

ephemeral 短暂的
epi-, 在上，在中；-hemer, 天，词源同euhemerism。原指一种朝生暮死的昆虫，后形容短暂的生命，转瞬即逝的。