詞彙精選:momentary的用法和辨析
一、詳細釋義:
adj.
瞬息的,片刻的,短暫的
例句:
Branderton had some knowledge of polite society, and broke the momentary silence.
布蘭德頓有些上流社會的知識,打破了短暫的沉默。
例句:
His hesitation was only momentary.
他只遲疑了一下。
二、詞義辨析:
temporary,momentary,transient
這些形容詞均含“短暫的,瞬息的”之意。temporary普通用詞,其反義是permanent。指持續有限的可計時間,着重暫時的存在、應用或效應。momentary指瞬時即逝的,也表明間很短的。transient指停留或延續的時間很短。
三、參考例句:
He stiffens in momentary panic .
他心裏一陣驚慌,渾身不自然起來。
There was a momentary pause.
短暫停頓了一下。
She hesitated in momentary confusion.
她一時思想紊亂,猶豫不定。
It was but a momentary weakness.
剛才不過是瞬間的軟弱而已。
I caught a momentary glimpse of them.
我瞥了他們一眼。
Her feeling of fear was only momentary; it soon passed.
她的恐懼感僅是瞬間的,很快就消失了。
Her feeling of fear was only momentary and it soon passed.
她的恐懼感僅是瞬息間的,很快就消失了。
The fit is momentary; upon a thought he will again be well.
發作是短暫的;一會兒他就會好的。
I discovered that I needed both a toggle button and a momentary button.
我發現觸發按鈕和瞬時按鈕都是必需的。
Branderton had some knowledge of polite society, and broke the momentary silence.
布蘭德頓有些上流社會的知識,打破了短暫的沉默。