moment

单词音标

moment音标[\'mәumәnt]

汉语翻译

n. 片刻, 瞬间, 重要, 阶段, 力矩

【医】 片刻, 瞬间, 时机, 因素, 矩

相关词组:

be of great moment

be of little moment

be of no moment

at any moment

at the moment

for the moment

in a moment

of the moment

the moment of truth

to the moment

词意辨析

moment, minute, instant

这些名词均含“瞬间、片刻”之意。

moment: 较minute所表示的时间短，指一刹那或一段很短时间，有时也含持续的意味。

minute: 指极短的时间，但可觉察到时间的持续。

instant: 常与moment换用，指一瞬间，但更侧重时间短促，多用于表示紧迫、瞬变等情况。

英语解释

名词 moment:

a particular point in time

同义词：minute, second, instant

an indefinitely short time

同义词：minute, second, bit

at this time

同义词：here and now, present moment

having important effects or influence

同义词：consequence, import

a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)

the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

例句

My job is not a very glamorous one but it does have its moments.

我的工作虽不算十分吸引人，但也自有其乐趣所在。

I\'ll be back in a moment.

我一会儿就回来。

I\'d like to speak to you for a moment.

我想和你谈一会儿。

详细解释

mo.ment

n.（名词）

A brief, indefinite interval of time.

瞬间：一个短暂的、不确定的时间间隔

A specific point in time, especially the present time:

目前，现在：特定的时刻，尤指目前：

例句：

He is not here at the moment.

他现在不在这

A particular period of importance, influence, or significance in a series of events or developments:

关键的时刻；时机：对一系列事件和发展有重要影响或意义重大的某一特定时期：

例句：

a great moment in history; waiting for her big moment.

历史上伟大的时机；她等待着关键时刻的来临

Outstanding significance or value; importance:

重大的意义或价值；重要性：

例句：

a discovery of great moment.

重大的发现

A brief period of time that is characterized by a quality, such as excellence, suitability, or distinction:

特殊价值的时刻：具有某一特性如卓越性、适合性或独特性的短暂的一段时间：

例句：

a lackluster performance that nevertheless had its moments.

平淡的表演仍具有其价值

Philosophy

【哲学】

An essential or constituent element, as of a complex idea.

环节：一种根本的或组成的成分，如一种复杂思想的

A phase or an aspect of a logically developing process.

契机：一个按逻辑发展过程的阶段或方面

Abbr. MPhysics

缩写 M【物理学】

The product of a quantity and its perpendicular distance from a reference point.

力矩：一个量和从参照点到它垂直距离的乘积

The tendency to cause rotation about a point or an axis.

旋转轴：使绕点或轴旋转的倾向

Statistics The expected value of a positive integral power of a random variable. The first moment is the mean of the distribution.

【统计学】 矩，动差：任意变量的正整数功效的期望值。第一个矩是分配的平均数

来源：

Middle English

中古英语

from Old French

源自 古法语

from Latin mômentum

源自 拉丁语 mômentum

from *movimentum

源自 *movimentum

from movôre [to move] * see meu…-

源自 movôre [移动] *参见 meu…-

<参考词汇><同义词>moment,instant,minute,second,jiffy,flashThese nouns denote a brief interval of time.Amoment is an indeterminately short but not insignificant period:

这些名词意思是短暂的时间间隔。Moment 是指不确定地短暂而不是非常短暂的一段时间：

例句：

I`ll be with you in a moment.

我过会儿就和你在一起。

例句：

It took him a moment to answer.

他很快就回答上了。

Instant is a period of time almost too brief to detect;it implies haste and often urgency:

Instant 指一段极短时间，以至让人难以察觉；它暗指匆忙，并常指紧急情况：

例句：

She hesitated for just an instant.

她只踌躇了片刻。

例句：

Stop it this instant.

马上停下来。

Minute andsecond, used strictly, refer to measured intervals of time;often, though,minute is interchangeable with moment (

Minute 和second 严格地用， 是指测得的时间间隔；但是通常minute 和 moment 可以互换（

例句：

Wait a minute.

等一会儿。

例句：

The plane will be arriving in a minute), andsecond with instant (

飞机再过一会儿就要到达了)， 而且second 可以和 instant 互换(

例句：

I slipped out of the room for a few seconds to turn the oven on).

我溜出房间一会儿去打开炉子)。

Jiffy andflash occur principally in combinations preceded by in a; in a jiffy means in a short space of time,whilein a flash suggests the almost imperceptible duration of a flash of light:

Jiffy 和flash 主要出现在前面有 in a；in a jiffy 的组合词里， 用来指短暂的时间，而in a flash 指一闪或一亮的、几乎难以察觉到的时间持续：

例句：

.He was on his stool in a jiffy, driving away with his pen. (Charles Dickens).

.眨眼间他坐到了凳子上，用他的钢笔奋力工作. （查尔斯·狄更斯）。

例句：

She was on her feet in a flash when the doorbell rang. See also Synonyms at importance

门铃一响，她就立刻站了起来 参见同义词 importance