a. 暂时的, 短暂的, 昙花一现的

[法] 临时性诉讼, 可选择管辖区的诉讼; 临时的, 过渡的

[ adj ]
lasting a very short time
<adj.all>
the ephemeral joys of childhooda passing fancy
youth's transient beauty
love is transitory but it is eternal
fugacious blossoms

Transitory \Tran"si*to*ry\, a. [L. transitorius: cf. F.
transitoire. See {Transient}.]
Continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting;
evanescent.

Comfort and succor all those who, in this transitory
life, are in trouble. --Bk. of Com.
Prayer.

It was not the transitory light of a comet, which
shines and glows for a wile, and then . . . vanishes
into nothing. --South.

{Transitory action} (Law), an action which may be brought in
any county, as actions for debt, and the like; -- opposed
to local action. --Blackstone. Bouvier.

Syn: transient; short-lived; brief. See {Transient}.