Was heißt »be­fris­tet« auf Englisch?

Das Adjektiv be­fris­tet lässt sich wie folgt von Deutsch auf Englisch übersetzen:

  • limited in time
  • temporary

Deutsch/Englische Beispielübersetzungen

Ich habe einen befristeten Arbeitsplatz bei der Firma.

I got a temporary job at the firm.

Die Gehaltskürzung des Bankkaufmanns war befristet, nicht dauerhaft.

The banker's pay cut was temporary, not permanent.

Ich hatte nur eine befristete Anstellung.

I was only hired temporarily.

Synonyme

be­grenzt:
limited
restricted
kurz­fris­tig:
rapid
short
vo­r­ü­ber­ge­hend:
passing
transient

Antonyme

un­be­fris­tet:
for an unlimited period
perpetual
unlimited

Englische Beispielsätze

  • They've found temporary accommodation somewhere.

  • The road closure is only temporary. It'll be lifted as soon as the roadworks are completed.

  • A steady job is better than a temporary one.

  • The dentist put a temporary filling into the tooth.

  • There are temporary traffic lights on York Road.

  • What am I but a microscopic and temporary contraction of Infinite Space?

  • What was originally a temporary measure became a permanent fixture.

  • Floods occur because of a temporary rise in the water level of a river, lake, or other body of water.

  • They live in temporary accommodation.

  • No joy is temporary, because the impression it leaves is permanent.

  • Moscow introduced temporary quarantine measures.

  • Germany, another hard-hit country, was trying to increase the number of intensive care beds, which now total 28,000, by establishing temporary hospitals in hotels, rehabilitation clinics and other facilities.

  • A permanent job is better than a temporary one.

  • Sticky tape works as a temporary solution, but will not last long.

  • There is nothing more permanent than the temporary.

  • There is nothing more permanent than a temporary solution.

  • Nothing is more permanent than a temporary fix.

  • Sandbags can be used to erect a temporary wall to protect against floods.

  • Germany is introducing temporary border controls with Austria to reduce the number of migrants coming into the country.

  • It's only a temporary solution.

Be­fris­tet übersetzt in weiteren Sprachen:

Quellen:
  1. [Übersetzungen] Wiktionary-Autoren: befristet. In: Wiktionary – Das freie Wörterbuch, 2024, [online] de.wiktionary.org, CC BY-SA 3.0
  2. [Thesaurus] OpenThesaurus-User: befristet. In: OpenThesaurus – Das freie Wörterbuch für Synonyme, 2024, [online] openthesaurus.de, CC BY-SA 4.0
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