Meaning of temporary in English

temporary

adjective

/ˈtem.pər.ər.i/ /ˈtem.prər.i/ us

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not lasting or needed for very long:

The ceasefire will only provide a temporary solution to the crisis.

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temporary

temporaryThis is just a temporary solution.
disposableI bought a disposable camera at the airport.
makeshiftWe built a makeshift shelter under the trees.
short-livedI had a few relationships at university, most of which were fairly short-lived.
provisionalAfter the war, a provisional government was set up.

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The salaries of temporary employees ought to be brought into line with those of permanent staff.
Don't worry, his depression is only temporary - it'll soon pass.
She has managed to obtain a temporary residence permit.
The injection provided a temporary reprieve from the pain.
I rigged up a temporary radio aerial from a coat hanger.

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temporary

adjective [ not gradable ]

/ˈtem·pəˌrer·i/

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not lasting or permanent:

a temporary condition

a temporary contract

temporarily

adverb [ not gradable ] us

/ˌtem·pəˈrer·ə·li/

The player was temporarily suspended from the tournament.

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temporary

adjective

/ˈtempərəri/ us

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not lasting or needed for a long time:

Renting space in another office building is only a temporary measure.

a temporary job or contract lasts only for a short period of time:

According to the report, over 6% of the labour force are working on a temporary basis.

temporary jobs/contracts/work

a temporary worker is employed only for a short period of time:

The temporary team will be looking to resolve conflicts among relevant executives.

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As temporary workers they could learn their tasks and adapt to the demands of work discipline.

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Or were they a temporary moment, which may have had some consequences, but which ultimately did not drastically impact upon the process of change?

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Interestingly, when these expectations make agents coordinate into another equilibrium path, temporary shocks have permanent effects and cause hysteresis.

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The homes are designed so that disabilities, which may be permanent or temporary, can be catered for.

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It is important to note that both pregnancy and oral contraceptive use were included as temporary risk factors in this study.

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Thus, in order to establish and solidify a shared standard of conduct, repeated efforts were made to influence disunited minds simply to get temporary unity.

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I think of it as a temporary storage.

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For many individuals, income fluctuations may be dominated by individualspecific, temporary influences.

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Besides, given that the ordinance had been enacted as a temporary security measure, it should only be invoked with great caution.

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This pronounced temporary drop correlates with a high incidence of invasive disease caused by encapsulated bacteria.

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However, in so far as nominal rigidities hamper market adjustments, fiscal policy measures can alleviate temporary country-specific disequilibria.

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These delays are temporary and should not have a significant effect on quality of treatment.

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Its use symbolically implied and substantially meant that authority granted the federal government to coordinate industrial production would be temporary and business-friendly.

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If action plans are like object files and thus are formed by the temporary binding of action-feature codes, one would similar effects.

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This is largely an act of performance-limited to surface level deployment of linguistic codes to convey temporary identities and messages.

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短暫的, 暫時的，臨時的…

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