| 释义 |
ˈtransitoriness
[f. as prec. + -ness.]
The quality or condition of being transitory.
1590Nashe Pasquil's Apol. i. D ij, In respect of the transitorinesse of worldly kingdoms. 1670Clarendon Contempl. Ps. Tracts (1727) 685 The vanity of this world, of the unsteadiness and transitoriness of all things in it. 1756Johnson Let. 15 Apr. in Boswell, The uncertainty of fortune,..the transitoriness of beauty. 1852Lewis Observ. & Reason. in Pol. I. 221 Written memorials are distinguished by permanence and solidity, as contrasted with the fugacity and transitoriness of oral tradition. 1899W. R. Inge Chr. Mysticism i. 23 We may regard the spiritual world as endless duration opposed to transitoriness. |