中文翻译与英英解释

adj.
朝生暮死的；短命的，暂时的。
n.
1.生命短暂的事物。
2.短生植物。
短语和例子
an ephemeral fever 一日热。 an ephemeral flower 一天就凋谢的花。 ephemeral joys 短暂的欢乐。
adv.
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anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form
同义词：ephemeron,

lasting a very short time; "the ephemeral joys of childhood"; "a passing fancy"; "youth''s transient beauty"; "love is transitory but it is eternal"; "fugacious blossoms"
同义词：passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious,

Ephemeral things (from Greek εφ?μερο? ? ephemeros, literally "lasting only one day"Ephemeros, Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, "A Greek-English Lexicon", at Perseus) are transitory, existing only briefly. Typically the term is used to describe objects found in nature, although it can describe a wide range of things.

例句与用法

Patterns of deltas are ephemeral .
三角洲式样的变化是很快的。

It is not something ephemeral .
它不是朝生暮死的东西。

It was not the mere ephemeral .
它并非朝生暮死。

His work is ephemeral .
他的作品没有永久性。

The steamboats, though their reign was longer, were ephemeral craft .
汽船的时代虽然比较长，仍是一种难保长久的水上工具。

And the steamboats, though their reign was longer, were ephemeral craft .
汽船的时代虽然比较长些，还是一种朝不保夕的工具。

Many creations of that time were in the nature of things quite ephemeral and have passed into history .
当时许多新造的词语必然地是临时性的，它们已成了历史。

These novels passed because they concerned themselves only with the ephemeral parts of human experience .
其所以过时是因为这些小说写的只是些人生经验中瞬息消逝的部分。

The generalist insects tend to feed on a range of different plants, some of which will be either group-apparent or ephemeral .
不专化的昆虫表现能在一系列不同的植物上取食，可能是常住的也可能是短暂的。

As is usual with right natures, the deity that lies ignominiously chained within an ephemeral human carcase shone out of him like a ray .
像光明的天性通常那样，被卑鄙耻辱地锁在倏忽幻灭的肉体里的神明，像一道光线一样，从他身上射了出来。