Consumer pleasures are transient. They engulf us for a short period and then they fade, like a drug.

消费快乐是短暂的，像麻醉剂一样，短时间内会吞没了我们，然后就很快消失了。

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In America areas with lots of renters tend to be transient because the typical rental period is short.

在美国，有大量租房者的地区趋于不稳定，因其租期典型的短暂。

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In the power system failure transient period of time.

在电力系统发生故障的暂态时期内。

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If you produce a short-term memory -- if you look up a telephone number you just remember for a short period of time (or) you meet somebody and remember their name briefly -- you have a transient change in the strength of communication.

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