ephemeral
adj. 短暂的,瞬息的; 朝露; 一年生; 朝生暮死
If you describe something as ephemeral, you mean that it lasts only for a very short time.
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。
1. enduring a very short time;
It is not something ephemeral.
它不是朝生暮死的东西.
The old universal truths lacking which any story is ephemeral and doomed. ( William Faulkner ).
“没有了古老而普遍的真理,任何故事都短暂并且注定要失败的” ( 威廉·福克纳 ).
His work is ephemeral.
他的作品没有永久性.
It was not the mere ephemeral.
它并非朝生暮死.
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.