transient

adj. 短暂的；路过的

n. 瞬变现象；过往旅客；候鸟

adj.

短暂的；转瞬即逝的；临时的；

n.

临时旅客；瞬变现象；候鸟；

变形

复数：transients

双语释义

短暂的；片刻的；转瞬即逝的 lasting for only a short time;brief;fleeting

英英释义

transient[ 'trænziənt, -si-, -ʃənt, 'trɑ:n- ]

n.

one who stays for only a short time

"transient laborers"

(physics) a short-lived oscillation in a system caused by a sudden change of voltage or current or load

adj.

of a mental act; causing effects outside the mind

同义词：transeunt

lasting a very short time

"youth's transient beauty"

同义词：ephemeralpassingshort-livedtransitoryfugacious

词组短语

transient stability[电]暂态稳定度

transient response n. 瞬态响应

transient process过渡过程；瞬态过程；瞬变过程

transient state瞬态；过渡状态

transient flow瞬变流动；暂态流

transient analysis瞬态分析；瞬时分析

transient voltage瞬变电压；瞬态电压；过渡电压

transient current瞬变电流

transient population流动人口；暂住人口

transient fault瞬时故障；瞬时失效；过渡故障

transient condition瞬时条件；瞬变工况

transient phenomena瞬变现象；过渡现象

transient time过渡过程时间；瞬变过程时间

transient load瞬时荷载；动负载，动力冲击

transient phase过渡相

同近义词辨析

这组词都有“短暂的，瞬息的”的意思，其区别是：

transient指停留或延续的时间很短。

temporary普通用词，其反义是permanent。指持续有限的可计时间，着重暂时的存在、应用或效应。

momentary指瞬时即逝的，也表明间很短的。

双语例句

用作形容词(adj.)

Her feeling of depression was transient.
她那抑郁的心情一会儿就过去了。

Their happiness was transient,for the war broke out soon after they got married.
他们的幸福是短暂的，因为他们婚后不久就爆发了战争。

We stayed at the inn as transient guests.
我们在小酒馆中只作短暂停留。

用作名词(n.)

We are just the transients at the hotel.
我们只是旅馆里的过往旅客。

权威例句

transient

transient: [17] English adapted transient from trānsiēns, the present participle of Latin trānsīre ‘go over’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns- ‘across, over’ and īre ‘go’ (source also of English coitus, exit, obituary, etc). Also from trānsīre come English trance [14], transit [15], transition [16], transitive [16], and transitory [14].=> coitus, exit, obituary, transit, transitory

transient (adj.)

c. 1600, "transitory, not durable," from Latin transientem (nominative transiens) "passing over or away," present participle of transire "cross over, go over, pass over, hasten over, pass away," from trans- "across" (see trans-) + ire "to go" (see ion). Meaning "passing through a place without staying" is from 1680s. The noun is first attested 1650s; specific sense of "transient guest or boarder" attested from 1857. Related: Transiently.

1. Of course, there are some rare exceptions to the monothematic nature of transient applications.

当然，暂时式应用程序也存在一些少见的例外情况，即不止一个主题，但这种情况很少。

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2. No doubt you have already realized that almost all dialog boxes are really transient applications.

毫无疑问，你已经发现几乎所有的对话框实际上都是暂时式应用程序。

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3. A transient application should launch to its previous position and configuration.

运行暂时应用时，它应该处于上一次的位置和配置状态下。

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4. Such single-function applications have a posture of their own, the transient posture.

并且不应该表现出独占式的行为，这样单一功能的应用有其自己的暂时姿态。

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5. Desktop applications fit into four categories of posture: sovereign, transient, and daemonic.

桌面应用可以分为3种姿态，即独占、暂时和后台。

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6. Without exception, the interaction between a user and a daemonic application is transient in nature, and all the imperatives of transient application design hold true here also.

在正常情况下，用户和后台应用程序之间的交互在本质上是暂时的，所有暂时式应用程序的设计规则对后台应用程序也成立。

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7. Transient applications should be limited to a single window and view.

暂时式应用程序只使用一个窗口和视图。

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8. Transient applications must be simple, clear, and to the point.

暂时应用必须简单、清晰并且意思明确。

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9. Where a transient application controls the execution of a function, daemonic applications usually manage processes.

暂时应用控制功能的执行，后台应用则通常管理着后台的进程。

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10. These satellite devices usually take a transient posture.

这些卫星设备通常都保持暂时姿态。

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