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transitoriness

/tran-si-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -zi-/US // ˈtræn sɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i, -zɪ- //UK // (ˈtrænsɪtərɪ, -trɪ) //

过渡性,过境性,转移性,过渡期

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : not lasting, enduring, permanent, or eternal.
    • : lasting only a short time; brief; short-lived; temporary.

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Examples

  • Somehow it made me feel sad to hear it, and a sense of the transitoriness of things came over me.

  • Nothing could recall more completely the lessons of death, the permanence of change, and the transitoriness of man.

  • It sought to wean mankind from the pleasures and vanities of life by pointing to the transitoriness of all human enjoyment.

  • The reflection of Parmenides takes its rise from observation of the transitoriness and changeableness of things.

  • He accepted the popular welcome with full knowledge of the transitoriness of the present enthusiasm.