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transient adj.短暂的,瞬时的 n.瞬时现象 Transient is most often used to modify nouns like nature, threat, source and cause, which suggests that the word often shows up in formal contexts, such as analysis of finance or global terrorism. But it can also be used for anything that moves quickly from one thing to another, like a transient feeling or facial expression. Transient is also a noun meaning "a person who moves from place to place; a homeless person." The word comes from Latin transire, "to pass over," so you can think of it as describing things that are quickly passed over. ★☆☆☆☆ 2000.3

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['trænsiənt] Use the adjective transient to describe something that always changes or moves around, like how a teenager can have a temporary crush on one boy one week and another boy the next week. The author believes that Futurist poetry is more of a transient phenomenon than literature. 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；倏忽的；无常的 Transient is used to describe a situation that lasts only a short time or is constantly changing.   [FORMAL 正式]...the transient nature of high fashion...顶级时装的瞬息万变性In most cases, pain is transient.大多数情况下，疼痛是短暂的。2[N-COUNT 可数名词]临时旅客；流动短工；暂居者 Transients are people who stay in a place for only a short time and then move somewhere else.   [usu pl]  [FORMAL 正式]…a hotel for transients.为过路客人开设的旅馆

英语单词	transient
英美音标	['trænsiənt]
中文释义	adj.短暂的,瞬时的 n.瞬时现象
vocab简明	Use the adjective transient to describe something that always changes or moves around, like how a teenager can have a temporary crush on one boy one week and another boy the next week.
vocab扩展	Transient is most often used to modify nouns like nature, threat, source and cause, which suggests that the word often shows up in formal contexts, such as analysis of finance or global terrorism. But it can also be used for anything that moves quickly from one thing to another, like a transient feeling or facial expression. Transient is also a noun meaning "a person who moves from place to place; a homeless person." The word comes from Latin transire, "to pass over," so you can think of it as describing things that are quickly passed over.
真题原句	The author believes that Futurist poetry is more of a transient phenomenon than literature.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	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；倏忽的；无常的 Transient is used to describe a situation that lasts only a short time or is constantly changing. [FORMAL 正式] ...the transient nature of high fashion... 顶级时装的瞬息万变性 In most cases, pain is transient. 大多数情况下，疼痛是短暂的。 2 [N-COUNT 可数名词]临时旅客；流动短工；暂居者 Transients are people who stay in a place for only a short time and then move somewhere else. [usu pl] [FORMAL 正式] …a hotel for transients. 为过路客人开设的旅馆
来源	2000.3

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