短暂的休息后，乐队继续演奏他们的曲目。The band continued with their set after a short break.在他短暂的一生里，他只出版过3卷薄薄的诗集。He published only three slim volumes of verse in his short life.经过短暂的反弹后，股价回落到了126便士。After a brief rally the shares returned ...

“短暂的”的英语可以翻译为：ephemeral，transient，[经] short-lived，brief，fugacious ...