instant

instant音标

英 [ˈɪnstənt]

美 [ˈɪnstənt]

instant基本释义

n.瞬间；立即

adj.立即的；即时的；速成的

instant用法及例句

n.(名词)

某一时刻

顷刻，一刹那，一瞬间，瞬息

速溶饮料(尤指速溶咖啡)

adj.(形容词)

立即的，即刻的，立刻的

本月的，当月的

迫切的，迫在眉睫的，紧迫的，紧急的

速食的；即溶的；食物已配制好的

直接的

快速的，瞬息间的

adv.(副词)

立即，即刻

n.(名词)

[C]片刻,顷刻,刹那 a moment of time

adj.(形容词)

[A]立即的 happening or produced at once

[A]即食的,立即可冲食的 (of food) which can be very quickly prepared for use

1. 瞬息;顷刻;刹那An instant is an extremely short period of time.

e.g. For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee...有那么一会儿,凯瑟琳很想逃跑。e.g. The pain disappeared in an instant.疼痛立刻就消失了。

2. (某一)时刻If you say that something happens at a particular instant, you mean that it happens at exactly the time you have been referring to, and you are usually suggesting that it happens quickly or immediately.

e.g. At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness...就在那时,博物馆陷入了一片漆黑。e.g. In the same instant he flung open the car door.与此同时,他猛地推开了车门。

3. 一…(就)To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately.

e.g. I had bolted the door the instant I had seen the bat.我一看到蝙蝠就把门闩上了。

4. 立即的;即刻的You use instant to describe something that happens immediately.

instant的翻译

e.g. Mr Porter's book was an instant hit...波特先生的书一经推出便大受欢迎。e.g. He had taken an instant dislike to Mortlake.他一到莫特莱克就觉得不喜欢这个地方。

5. (食品)已配制好的，调制快速方便的，速溶的Instant food is food that you can prepare very quickly, for example by just adding water.

e.g. ...instant coffee.速溶咖啡

1. instant的意思

1. 立即：(3)现在(present)与立即(instant)的复制(copy):杨牧的诗:(我已不是那爱写长信的少年了...),道尽时下已经没有人有耐心的做一件需要等候,需要毅力的大工程.

常用例句

词汇搭配

用作名词(n.)

一…就…as soon as

1. in an instant : 马上；

2. on the instant : 马上；

用作名词(n.)

He may arrive any instant.他随时都可能到达。

It all happened in an instant.这一切都发生在一刹那间。

用作形容词(adj.)

They sentenced him to instant death.他们判他死刑,立即执行。

I took an instant dislike to him.我一见到他就不喜欢他。

I'd like a cup of instant coffee.我要杯速溶咖啡。

用作名词 (n.)

形容词+～

certain instant某一时刻

single instant顷刻之间

介词+～

at that instant在那一瞬间

for an instant片刻

in an instant立即

～+介词

the instant of six o'clock六点整

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

instant coffee速溶咖啡

instant death立即执行死刑

He did see them, for a fleeting instant.

出自：G. Orwell

He has instant need of you.

出自：J. H. Newman

词源解说

☆ 14世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自古法语的instant，意为努力的；*初源自后期拉丁语的instantem，意为当前的，紧迫的。

近义词

临近词

moment

flash

instantial

instant on

instant tea

Instantlod

instance

instantan

instant hit

instanter

instantane

instantize

instantaneous

instanton

相关列句

His mask of detachment cracked, and she saw for an instant an angry and violent man.(他冷静超然的伪装破碎了，她一瞬间看到了一个愤怒而又狂暴的男人。)

She took an instant dislike to me.(她立刻就讨厌我。)

Instant obedience was the only safe thing.(立即服从是唯一安全的事情。)

At that instant, the rear doors of a panel truck some twenty yards away flew open.(那时，大约二十码外的一辆小型货车后门突然敞开。)

For an instant I was infected by her fear.(一瞬间，我被她的恐惧所感染。)

His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant best-seller.(他的第8本书今年早些时候出版了，并很快成为了一本畅销书。)

Write to me the instant that you get the results.(你一得到结果，就给我写信。)

At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness.(在那一刻，博物馆陷入一片黑暗。)

Take instant order for it, my lord Hertford.(马上传旨下去，赫德福勋爵。)

Cell phones provide instant access to people.(手机为人们提供了即时的联系方式。)