ephemeral的读音 ephemeral中文意思

英音  [ɪˈfemərəl] 
美音  [ɪˈfɛmərəl] 
adj. 短暂的,瞬息的;朝露;一年生;朝生暮死
中文词源
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。
ephemeral 用法和例句
Yet many of those profits turned out to be ephemeral .
然而,那些利润中的一部分被证明是短暂的。
It 's just as important to record the ephemeral good times .
记录那些短暂的美好时光是重要的。
The analytical difficulty , however , lies in working out which of these trends will have staying power and which will turn out simply to reflect the ephemeral mood of the moment .
然而,分析的困难在于研判出在这些趋势中,哪种趋势具有持久力,哪种趋势最终只是现阶段一时氛围的反映。
Though most tools are ephemeral , some of your best tools are a simple pencil and sketch pad .
大多数工具的寿命都是短暂的,而你最好最长久的工具之一却是朴素的铅笔和素描本。
The gain may be ephemeral , however , as fallout from the housing bust and the recession persists .
不过,经济增速的提高可能是短暂的,因为楼市泡沫破裂和衰退的后果依然持续难消。

汉语翻译

a. 朝生暮死的, 短命的, 短暂的
【医】 暂时的

词型变化

副词:ephemerally 名词:ephemerality 

英语解释

名词 ephemeral:

  1. anything short-lived, as an insect that lives only for a day in its winged form同义词:ephemeron

形容词 ephemeral:

  1. lasting a very short time同义词:passing, short-lived, transient, transitory, fugacious

例句

  1. Such novels came forward to enjoy ephemeral popularity only.这样的小说只是昙花一现的东西而已。
  2. Perhaps the least prepossessing quality of Fox was that he cares too much about the ephemeral in politics: and Ford displays excessive zeal, to my mind, in teasing out these cares to the last twist and turn.也许福克斯最不逗人喜欢的一点就是他把短促的政治生命看得过于重了。而在我看来,福特在诱使福克斯说出他的这些关心时显得过分热情,手法千奇百怪,使尽了手段。
  3. Short-lived or ephemeral, as a life.短命的或短暂的,如生命

详细解释


e.phem.er.al
adj.(形容词)Lasting for a markedly brief time:短暂的:只存在很短一段时间的:例句:.There remain some truths too ephemeral to be captured in the cold pages of a court transcript or . . . opinion.(Irving R. Kaufman).在法庭记录和意见的冰冷纸页中还残留着一些存在时间太短而不可捕捉的真理.(欧文R.考夫曼)
Living or lasting only for a day, as certain plants or insects do.See Synonyms at transient 短命的:生命只延续一天的,如某些植物或昆虫参见 transientn.(名词)A markedly short-lived thing.生存极短时间的事物
来源:From Greek ephômeros 源自 希腊语 ephômeros ep-, epi- [epi-] ep-, epi- [在…之前] mera [day] mera [日]
【引伸】
ephem.eral.ity 或
ephem.eralness
n.(名词)ephem.erally
adv.(副词)