continuing for only a short time synonym fleeting, temporary暂时的;片刻的;转瞬即逝的 the transitory nature of his happiness 他昙花一现的幸福 These feelings of resentment tend to be transitory. 这些怨恨的感觉往往是短暂的。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTransitory is used with these nouns:- nature
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French transitoire, from Christian Latin transitorius, from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’.