I passed on, very thankful that the uproar of the street screened my momentary absent-mindedness . 我继续前进，庆幸这条街道的喧闹掩饰了我一时的心不在焉。
He had planted the trees apparently on an impulse, but it was really the fruition of a dream of his . 他种这些树，显然是出于一时的冲动，但实在也实现了他的一个梦想。
The self-abasement of his companion completely got the better of the passing feeling of the personal vanity . 伙伴的一番自谦的话挫败了他一时的虚荣心，使他无词可答了。
"it is the profound tendencies of history," he said at berkeley, "and not the passing excitements that will shape our future. " 他在伯利城说、决定我们未来的，是历史的深远趋势，而不是一时的激动。
His momentary weakness had vanished with the explanation of a mystery which his own experience had not served to fathom . 他的经验所不能解决的疑团，现在已经得到解释，因而，刚才那种一时的懦弱已经随之消失。
Successive occupations had made considerable additions and improvements, each in the taste of his own age, and without much regard to symmetry . 继任的一代接一代都作了可观的添建和装修，一时是一时的风尚，风格别具一格。
If the panic among buyers were just a temporary foolishness, it could not sustain permanent shifts in the balance of economic power . 如果买主的恐慌不过是一时的愚昧无知，它就不可能使经济力量均势的永久转移继续保持下去。
