interim /ˈintərim/ I. n. 间歇，过渡时间：at interim 暂时的 in the interim 在过渡时期/在期间：The new secretary starts in June, but in the interim we’re having to type our own letters.新秘书六月份开始上班，其间我们得自己打信。 ‖II. adj. 暂时的，临时的：an interim report 暂时的报告An interim government was set up for the period before the country’s first free election. 在第一次自由选举前，这个国家建立一个临时政府。