中文翻译与英英解释 | adj.
1.迫切的，紧急的。
2.当月的，本月的〔商业或正式文件中使用，一般略为 inst.〕。
3.立即的，直接的。
4.食物已配制好的。
短语和例子
be in instant need of help 急需帮助。 the 3rd of this instant June 这一个六月的三号。 your letter of the 10th instant 本月十日尊函。 an instant response 立即回答。 instant coffee 即溶咖啡。
n.
瞬间，时刻，即时。 at that instant 在那时候，在那瞬间。 I went that instant. 我立刻就走了。 this instant 立刻，马上。 for an instant 一瞬间(I couldn't answer for an instant. 我一时答不上来)。 in an instant 立刻，马上(I'll be with you in an instant. 我立刻就来)。 on the instant 立即，即时(march off on the instant 马上出发)。 the instant ＝as soon as 一…(就)(The instant we heard the alarm, we fell in for action. 我们一听到警报，就立即集合准备战斗)。
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| a particular point in time; "the moment he arrived the party began"
同义词：moment, minute, second,
| | a very short time (as the time it takes the eye to blink or the heart to beat); "if I had the chance I''d do it in a flash"
同义词：blink of an eye, flash, heartbeat, jiffy, split second, trice, twinkling, wink, New York minute,
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| demanding attention; "clamant needs"; "a crying need"; "regarded literary questions as exigent and momentous"- H.L.Mencken; "insistent hunger"; "an instant need"
同义词：clamant, crying, exigent, insistent,
| | occurring with no delay; "relief was instantaneous"; "instant gratification"
同义词：instantaneous,
| | in or of the present month; "your letter of the 10th inst"
同义词：inst,
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| An instant is a infinitesimal moment in time, a moment whose passage is instantaneous. |
例句与用法 | 1. | For an instant she betrayed uncertainty .
她一下子显得有些不知所措。
| | 2. | Every instant was agony to him now .
现在每一片刻的时间对他都是痛苦。
| | 3. | I kept my stick poised for instant use .
我始终拿好棍子，以备急用。
| | 4. | The surprise petrified her an instant .
这个意外的事使她呆了一刻。
| | 5. | He looked at him furiously for an instant .
他气虎虎地瞅了他一眼。
| | 6. | He 'll telephone me the instant he knows .
他一得到消息会即刻电告我的。
| | 7. | In an instant the whole crew was on foot .
顷刻间，全体船员惊动起来了。
| | 8. | The canoe hung an instant on the rock .
前面的那条独木舟终于被礁石搁住。
| | 9. | He stood for an instant with his hand still raised .
他仍举着手站了一会儿。
| | 10. | On the instant she was out of her bunk .
她马上由铺上跳起来。
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