interim

in·ter·im1 /ˈɪntərɪm/ adjectiveadj [only before noun]

1 TEMPORARYintended to be used or accepted for a short time only, until something or someone final can be made or found 过渡期间的；临时的

an interim report

中期报告

He received an interim payment of £10,000.

他收到暂时支付的一万英镑。

An interim government was established.

一个临时政府成立了。

2 interim period the period of time between two events 〔两事件之间的〕过渡期，期间

During the interim period, air quality has deteriorated.

这期间，空气质量下降了。

Examples from the Corpus

interim period• Scand. will continue in this capacity on behalf of Dalton for an interim period.• We have to come to some kind of deal with the trade unions in this complex interim period.• The early Church saw, in the parable, a warning to be faithful in the interim period prior to the Second Coming.• In the interim period the business will still be managed by the vendor.• In the interim period, we moved to Kent to work at Hildenborough Hall.• Occasionally, in the interim period while he was still unattached on the side, he talked of consolidating his marriage.

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interim• Eventually an interim agreement on arms control was reached.• For those reasons I allow the appeal and I substitute an interim care order.• Three years ago, Steve Fisher was fired and Ellerbe promoted to interim coach just days before preseason practice began.• Under the prewar system of interim development control there were no such effective means.• An interim director was appointed until the end of the year.• In a shockingly brief time, they managed to produce a working computer that ran Smalltalk, sort of an interim Dynabook.• Pringle sweater giant Dawson International climbed 8p to 228p ahead of Tuesday's interim figures.• The government will announce interim measures to tackle fuel shortages.• The actual sales figures were 20% higher than those estimated in the interim report in July.• In 1987, when an interim report was issued, scientists and environmentalists bitterly attacked its conclusions as misrepresenting the facts.• Henry Hyde, R-Ill., as an interim speaker.• In the meantime, the following interim support arrangements will apply: 1.

interim2 noun

in the interim PERIOD OF TIMEin the period of time between two events 在此期间 SYN meanwhile

The child will be adopted, but a relative is looking after him in the interim.

孩子将由人领养，但现在这段时间暂由一名亲属照管。

Examples from the Corpus

in the interim• A new police chief will be chosen, but Keyter will be acting chief in the interim.• And in the interim Robinson found himself defending his strategies, his motivations, even his ability to coach football.• But before we begin on our quest, we need something to call them in the interim.• Oh I looked at that in the interim.• Other attempts had been no more successful in the interim.• Perhaps the shoemaker left out some cookies in the interim.• The delays are always measured in years, and some plaintiffs die in the interim.• The early Church saw, in the parable, a warning to be faithful in the interim period prior to the Second Coming.

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interim• Matthew Clark will now pay its interim of 6.75p on 5 April.• In the interim, the existing fleet will be modernised for A $ 7m.

From Longman Business Dictionary

interimin·ter·im /ˈɪntərɪm/ adjectiveadj [only before a noun]

1intended to be used or accepted for a short time only, until something final can be made

an interim payment of £15,000

an interim pay offer

Shareholders will receive an interim dividend of £5.03p per share

2ACCOUNTING prepared after only part of a full financial year has been completed, often after half a year

Interim figures announced yesterday show a 16% leap in pre-tax profits to £95 million.

the publishing company’s interim results

Origin interim2