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词汇 short-lived
释义 short-lived
adjective
uk /ˌʃɔːtˈlɪvd/ us /ˌʃɔːrtˈlɪvd//ˌʃɔːrtˈlaɪvd/
If a feeling or experience is short-lived, it only lasts for a short time: 短暂的;短命的
I had a few relationships at college, most of which were fairly short-lived.我在大学时谈过几次恋爱,但大多都十分短暂。
Synonyms
brief(SHORT IN TIME)
ephemeral
evanescentformal
fleeting
fugitive(TEMPORARY)formal
momentary
passing
transientformal
transitoryformal
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

continuing for less time than usual
shortHe received a short jail sentence.
quickI need to make a quick phone call - I'll be right back.
briefWe had a brief chat this morning.
short and sweetThe business meeting was short and sweet.
momentaryIt was just a momentary lapse in judgment - I won't do it again.
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

temporary
temporaryThis is just a temporary solution.
disposableI bought a disposable camera at the airport.
makeshiftWe built a makeshift shelter under the trees.
short-livedI had a few relationships at university, most of which were fairly short-lived.
provisionalAfter the war, a provisional government was set up.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Temporary
be a nine days' wonderidiom
casual
casually
eddy
ephemeral
fugacious
fugitive
here
here today, gone tomorrowidiom
impermanence
non-established
placeholder
pro tem
provisional
provisionary
sticking plaster
transient
transiently
transitorily
transitory

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short-lived | American Dictionary


short-lived
adjective
us/ˈʃɔrtˈlɪvd, -ˈlɑɪvd/
lasting only for a brief time:
He got angry easily, but his anger was always short-lived.

Examples of short-lived


short-lived
However, the dynamics that produced this ethnic mix were short-lived.
We found short-lived negative prospective associations between grade retention and girls' disruptive behavior beyond its natural persistence.
This is partly because fear is uncommon and short-lived in the open.
It was therefore concluded that it is either short-lived or does not exist.
The simulation indicates that, in the upper crust, the thermal perturbation is short-lived.
Furthermore, genes vulnerable to 'boom and bust' cycles are generally short-lived when deployed in monocultures.
The large activity of short-lived nuclei can result in a large release of heat and high radiation dose.
Second, the free-swimming, but short-lived, cercariae emerging from the first intermediate host must invade a suitable second intermediate host.
Since short-lived hosts have little opportunity to outlive the parasite, only long-lived hosts benefit from this strategy.
Indeed, her short-lived marriage itself becomes fodder for sentimental narrative.
Typically, recessions involve sharp but short-lived declines in economic activity, but expansions are gradual, and often last longer than recessions.
Thus, skipped-generation households occurred but many were short-lived, because other adults joined the household, children moved out, the older person died, or the household dissolved.
The immunity was stock-specific and directed against the metacyclic forms of the parasite, but was short-lived.
Lewinian social psychology provided a relatively short-lived alternative that attempted to do justice to the life of groups but that bracketed out their history.
These channels tend to be somewhat short-lived and thus no direct structural studies of an intact channel assembly have (yet) been possible.
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