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单词 transient
释义
transient
(trænziənt , US -nʃənt )
Word forms: transients
1. adjective
Transient is used to describe a situation that lasts only a short time or is constantly changing. [formal]
...the transient nature of high fashion.
In most cases, pain is transient.
Synonyms: brief, passing, short-term, temporary  
2. countable noun [usually plural]
Transients are people who stay in a place for only a short time and then move somewhere else. [formal]
...a hotel for transients.
Collocations:
transient lifestyle
The guests are all members and subscribe to the club's ethos of having a curious mind and transient lifestyle.
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She lived a transient lifestyle, regularly changing her address.
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Due to the transient lifestyle of coal miners, his family moved frequently during his childhood.
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This transient lifestyle informs their ability to learn from new experiences and encourages curiosity for other cultures.
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This transient lifestyle caused early settlers to reside at often two locations throughout the year.
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transient population
A prosperous, transient population boosts demand for rented homes.
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The hotel's buzzy atmosphere comes from its transient population, he says, so he wanted to reflect this in the residents' communal areas.
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The company blamed the economic downturn and government austerity policies for the surge in bad debts, which it said were hurting part of the capital's transient population disproportionately.
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A transient population could mean a dearth of community institutions - schools, doctors, and so on - which in turn might make an area unpopular with the buying market.
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Turnout was expected to be low as the constituency had a large transient population living in bedsits and flats.
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Translations:
Chinese: 短暂的
Japanese: 瞬間的な
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