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fleeting
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Derivatives :
noun
fleetingness
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adverb
fleetingly
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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- fleeting
['fliːtɪŋ]
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adjective
[+glimpse]
[ visit]
[ happiness]
短暂的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
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- fleeting
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adjective
短暂的,转瞬即逝的
Macmillan Dictionary - Simpler Definitions
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- fleeting
[ˈflitɪŋ]
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adjective
continuing for only a very short time
Example Search
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My ideal home, he wrote: no trees, no sky with fleeting clouds.
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他写道,他理想的家园没有树,天空没有浮云。
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An insect was fleeting over the surface of the pond.
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一只昆虫掠过池塘水面。
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How gloriously happy she had been during those few fleeting moments of time.
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在那些飞逝的短暂时光里,她是多么幸福啊。
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My wife and I raced out of Philadelphia as if fleeting a pestilence, only to run into dense shore-bound traffic.
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我和妻子像逃避瘟疫一样风驰电掣般驶出费城,结果却陷入前往海滨的稠密拥挤的车流之中。
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红尘攘攘,一切都犹如过眼云烟。
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All the hustle and bustle in the world is as transient as fleeting clouds.
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由于有公事在身,他只能走马观花似地看看三亚的风景。
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Having business at hand, he only had a fleeting glance of Sanya's scenery.
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浮光掠影看厦门
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make a fleeting visit to Xiamen
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商人要善于抓住稍纵即逝的市场机遇。
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Business people must be good at taking advantage of every fleeting window of opportunity.
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