If something is short-lived, it is here and then it is gone — a fashion, a happy feeling, a company, a ceasefire. It does not have to be about death. Their lead was short-lived just means they were ahead for only a little while.

If something is short-lived如果某個東西是short-lived，it is here and then it is gone它出現一下子就消失了——a fashion, a happy feeling, a company, a ceasefire像流行、開心的感覺、一家公司、一次停火。It does not have to be about death它不一定跟死亡有關。Their lead was short-lived just meansTheir lead was short-lived只是說they were ahead for only a little while他們領先的時間很短。

Though actually, when people say it about a person, it can sound as if that person's life was short, so we more often say it about things, plans, and feelings. The opposite is long-lived: something that lasts many years.

Though actually不過其實，when people say it about a person如果拿來說一個人，it can sound as if that person's life was short聽起來會像是這個人的壽命很短，so we more often say it about things, plans, and feelings所以我們比較常拿它來說事物、計畫和感覺。The opposite is long-lived它的反義詞是long-lived：something that lasts many years可以持續很多年的東西。

Even the sound of the last part is a little messy: some people say it like lived (I lived there), and some closer to life. You will hear both. Older English had forms like short-livi; today we write short-lived.

Even the sound of the last part is a little messy就連最後那部分的發音也有點混亂：some people say it like lived (I lived there)有些人唸得像lived（I lived there的lived），and some closer to life有些人唸得比較接近life。You will hear both兩種你都會聽到。Older English had forms like short-livi比較舊的英文有short-livi這種寫法；today we write short-lived現在我們寫成short-lived。