But be careful as you prioritize the tasks at hand, for immediate pleasures are fleeting while your long-term investments now will be the ones that will bring the greatest rewards.

但是要小心区分你手头的任务的先后次序，立时快乐是短暂的，而你现在的长期投入才是会带来最大回报的。

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But, except for these fleeting memories, if, indeed, they be memories, it all seems very unreal, like a nightmare.

除了这些短暂的记忆，也就不曾剩下别样的东西了。事实上，这些回忆如梦似幻，恰如一场噩梦。

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For hard-pressed airline managers with the urge to merge, relief is more likely to be fleeting than permanent.

对于那些压力重重主张合并的航空业高管来说，合并带来的解脱只是一时的，而非一劳永逸。

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But for trendy nightspots, fame can be as fleeting as it is for the luminaries who populate them.

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Of those 50, 23 gained on Tuesday while 42 lost on Monday, proving that wealth even for the richest can be temporarily fleeting.

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Conversely though, the potential benefit to savings and money market rates is a reminder of why the opportunity for would-be home buyers might be fleeting.

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