ADJECTIVE | VERB + INSTANT | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤brief, fleeting一瞬間;剎那間◇For a brief instant, I thought she was going to fall.剎那間我以為她要倒下了。➤given, one, single特定瞬間;片刻;一剎那◇His news was too important to be contained for a single instant longer.他的消息太重要了,不容片刻耽誤,要馬上發出去。◇At any given instant the distribution of molecular speeds is always constant under the same conditions.在相同條件下,分子速度分佈在任何時刻都是恆定的。➤very就在那一刻◇He took out his keys to lock the door. At that very instant the door flew open and a man ran into the room.他拿出鑰匙準備鎖門,恰在此時,門突然被撞開,一個男子衝進了房間。VERB + INSTANT➤hesitate for, pause for猶豫/停頓片刻◇He paused for an instant before continuing.他停頓了片刻才繼續下去。PREPOSITION➤at...instant在⋯時刻◇The bomb could go off at any instant.炸彈隨時都可能爆炸。➤for an instant剎那間◇Just for an instant I thought he was going to refuse.我一時以為他要拒絕。➤in an instant轉瞬間◇It was all over in an instant.轉瞬之間一切都結束了。➤the next instant瞬間之後◇The next instant she was flying through the air.一轉眼,她已經在空中飛行了。➤instant after, instant before⋯之後/⋯之前的瞬間◇She woke up in the instant before the phone rang.她剛剛醒來電話鈴就響了。instant
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VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be立即ADVERB➤almost幾乎即刻◇His response was almost instant.他幾乎立即作出反應。
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