Rap music proved to be more than just a passing fad.

事实证明，说唱音乐并不是昙花一现。

Hamnett does not believe environmental concern is a passing fad.

哈姆内特不相信对环境的关注是一时的狂热。

When you first started to learn Chinese, I thought it was nothing but a passing fad.

你一开始学习汉语时，我原以为那只是一时的狂热。

This long perspective makes the pessimistic view of our prospects seem more likely to be a passing fad.

这种长远的观点使我们对前景的悲观看法更有可能成为一种短暂的时尚。

It's just a passing fad.

一时的时尚而已。

His interest in photography is only a passing fad.

他对摄影的兴趣只是一时的爱好罢了。

Yes, it's popular now, but I think it's just a passing fad.

是的，现在是很流行，但我看很快就会过时了。

That is partly because he believed, wrongly, that minicomputers were a passing fad.

有一部分原因是他一度错误地相信小型计算机很快就会过时。

Even though health food was thought to be a passing fad back then, people welcomed Shakarian's store.

尽管那时健康食品被认为热潮已过，沙卡里恩的店还是很受欢迎。

A passing fad is something that is very popular right now, but will lose its popularity in a short time.

就是现在正在流行的东西，但是在很短时间内就失宠。

By now, I think it's clear to all of us in the technology world that computer games are not just a passing fad.

时至今日，我想每个人都已经非常清楚的看到计算机游戏对于技术世界来说，已经不仅仅是一个短暂的流行。

Far from being a passing fad, feng shui continues to be taken seriously by companies in the west as closer business links are forged with Asia.

风水可不是什么一时的风尚，转瞬即逝。随着与亚洲的商业联系日益紧密，西方企业仍然很重视风水。

In other words, this expression has been around a long time. It's not one of those slang expressions that come and go quickly with some passing fad.

换句话说，这种表达方式由来已久，并不是什么昙花一现的流行俗语。

But while I'm pleased there's more attention being devoted to time management, I'm wary that the notion of tacking on hours will become a passing fad.

但是虽然我很高兴有更多的人开始关注教育时间安排，我很担心增加学习时间的做法最后只能风行一时。

It's too early to tell whether Facebook-like features in the workplace will be a passing fad or a lasting trend, but IBM says it's eating its own dog food.

类似Facebook的社交网络功能在职场中究竟会成为一种经久不衰的潮流，抑或只是昙花一现？ 现在下定论还为时过早。

In terms of costume history it's only after a trend has been around for several years can we acknowledge that it's more than a passing fad and deserves recognition in the archives of history.

就服装历史而言，只有在一个趋势出现了好几年之后，我们才能认识到这不仅仅是一时的流行，而且应该在历史档案中得到承认。

Or are they exploiting a passing fad which will fade when the economy recovers and high-flyers realise that safe jobs are preferable to sitting by the phone waiting for the talent agency to call?

它们抑或只是昙花一现？ 因为当经济复苏时，那些胸有抱负者就会意识到安稳的工作要比整天守在电话机旁等人才中介来电要强许多。

When they hear about a new social media craze they cringe in agony, desperately hoping it's a passing fad and not another new goddamn thing they'll be aimlessly paddling around in for the next decade.

当他们听到一种新的社会媒体成为一种风尚，就会使他们会痛苦万分，并绝望地诅咒这新东西只会流行一时，而不是他们在未来几十年里必须毫无目标地围绕着它的新的该被诅咒的东西。