temporary

US [ˈtempəˌreri]
UK [ˈtemp(ə)rəri]
  • adj.短暂的；暂时的；临时的
  • n.临时工
  • Web暂时性
Plural Form：temporaries  

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temporary
adj.
1.
短暂的；暂时的；临时的lasting or intended to last or be used only for a short time; not permanent
temporary relief from pain
短暂的解痛
I'm looking for some temporary work .
我在找临时工作。
They had to move into temporary accommodation .
他们不得不搬进临时住所。
a temporary measure/solution/arrangement
临时措施╱解决办法╱安排
More than half the staff are temporary.
半数以上的职员是临时雇员。

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Definition:
AllAll,短暂的短暂的,暂时的暂时的,临时的临时的,临时工临时工,暂时性暂时性
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1.
I discovered early on in my temporary transformation that excellence isn't all that I had thought it would be.
在我短暂的变化期间，我一开始就发现，优秀并不像我原来以为的那样美好。
zài wǒ duǎn zàn de biàn huà qī jiān , wǒ yī kāi shǐ jiù fā xiàn , yōu xiù bìng bù xiàng wǒ yuán lái yǐ wéi de nà yàng měi hǎo 。
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Up to now, many Americans have been waiting to see if their current economic problems are temporary, or something more.
迄今为止，许多美国人正在观望看他们的当下的经济问题是暂时性的，还是继续恶化。
qì jīn wéi zhǐ , xǔ duō měi guó rén zhèng zài guān wàng kàn tā men de dāng xià de jīng jì wèn tí shì zàn shí xìng de , hái shì jì xù è huà 。
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3.
"I look at this as a temporary situation we have to get out of. The long-term prospects are bright, very bright. "
“我认为这是我们必须走出的一个暂时的困境。我们的远景仍是光明的，非常光明。”
" wǒ rèn wéi zhè shì wǒ men bì xū zǒu chū de yī gè zàn shí de kùn jìng 。 wǒ men de yuǎn jǐng réng shì guāng míng de , fēi cháng guāng míng 。 "
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4.
A note is a kind of letter. Brief content is its characteristic. It is often used as a temporary inquiry, note, notice, and request, etc.
便条也是书信的一种形式。其特点在于内容简短，用于临时性的询问、留言、通知、要求等。
biàn tiáo yě shì shū xìn de yī zhǒng xíng shì 。 qí tè diǎn zài yú nèi róng jiǎn duǎn , yòng yú lín shí xìng de xún wèn 、 liú yán 、 tōng zhī 、 yāo qiú děng 。
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5.
In the meantime, he said he wants to add an inpatient ward -- which he said would cost another $5 million -- to the temporary clinic.
同时他还说，希望给临时诊所增添住院部，而这又是500万美元。
tóng shí tā hái shuō , xī wàng gěi lín shí zhěn suǒ zēng tiān zhù yuàn bù , ér zhè yòu shì wǔ bǎi wàn měi yuán 。
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Market participants are trying to determine if last week's pullback was a temporary dip on the way up, or a sign of more weakness to come.
市场投资者正试图判明上周的回落是上涨趋势中的短暂回落，或着预示更大的下跌。
shì chǎng tóu zī zhě zhèng shì tú pàn míng shàng zhōu de huí luò shì shàng zhǎng qū shì zhōng de duǎn zàn huí luò , huò zhe yù shì gèng dà de xià diē 。
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7.
Don't use the occasion as an opportunity for asserting your own relative, temporary superiority to that sort of thing.
不要利用这样的时机来体现自己对这种事情相对、临时的优越性。
bú yào lì yòng zhè yàng de shí jī lái tǐ xiàn zì jǐ duì zhè zhǒng shì qíng xiāng duì 、 lín shí de yōu yuè xìng 。
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By the time this temporary phase of nationalisation is over, governments will have had an intensive course in banking at close quarters.
在暂时的国有化阶段结束之前，政府将就近透彻了解银行业的情况。
zài zàn shí de guó yǒu huà jiē duàn jié shù zhī qián , zhèng fǔ jiāng jiù jìn tòu chè liǎo jiě yín háng yè de qíng kuàng 。
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9.
flowers red green, growing up in a materialistic life is only temporary, would be well advised to have this behavior stop immediately.
花红酒绿，纸醉金迷的日子只是暂时的，奉劝有这种行为的人赶紧止步。
huā hóng jiǔ lǜ , zhǐ zuì jīn mí de rì zǐ zhǐ shì zàn shí de , fèng quàn yǒu zhè zhǒng xíng wéi de rén gǎn jǐn zhǐ bù 。
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Though he had been born in Tokyo where his father was a temporary political refugee, he grew up in Peking.
虽然他已经在他的父亲是暂时的政治上的难民东京被出生，但是他在北京中长大。
suī rán tā yǐ jīng zài tā de fù qīn shì zàn shí de zhèng zhì shàng de nàn mín dōng jīng bèi chū shēng , dàn shì tā zài běi jīng zhōng zhǎng dà 。
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