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instant n.瞬间；立即adj.立即的；即时的；速成的 (1) 我脑中有一闪念，以为他要拒绝了。(2) 我一眼就认出是她。(3) 请马上到这里来！(4) 我一见他就不喜欢。(5) 电脑亦可产生即时的多媒体讯息。(6) 我不喜欢喝速溶咖啡。 Instant and moment mean the same thing if you are talking about a particular time in the past like you remember the instant or moment you realized that you had won the lottery. However, the two words are very different when talking about time in the future. "I'll be there in an instant" means you're coming as quickly as possible, whereas if you say "I'll be there in a moment," someone is going to have to wait a bit for you.

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英 ['ɪnstənt] 美 ['ɪnstənt] (1) Just for an instant I thought he was going to refuse.(2) I recognized her the instant I saw her.(3) Come here this instant!(4) I took an instant dislike to him.(5) The computer can generate instant multimedia messages.(6) I don't like to drink instant coffee. An instant is a very short time. In combinations like instant coffee and instant replay it means available right away without a wait. 1[N-COUNT 可数名词]瞬息；顷刻；刹那 An instant is an extremely short period of time.   [usu sing]For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee...有那么一会儿，凯瑟琳很想逃跑。The pain disappeared in an instant.疼痛立刻就消失了。2[N-SING 单数名词](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.   [with supp]At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness...就在那时，博物馆陷入了一片漆黑。In the same instant he flung open the car door.与此同时，他猛地推开了车门。3[PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ]一…(就) To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately.   [emphasis]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[ADJ 形容词]立即的；即刻的 You use instant to describe something that happens immediately.   [usu ADJ n]Mr Porter's book was an instant hit...波特先生的书一经推出便大受欢迎。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。instantlyThe man was killed instantly...那名男子当场死亡。The songs are instantly recognisable.这些歌曲的辨识度很强。5[ADJ 形容词](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.   [ADJ n]...instant coffee.速溶咖啡

英语单词	instant
英美音标	英 ['ɪnstənt] 美 ['ɪnstənt]
中文释义	n.瞬间；立即 adj.立即的；即时的；速成的
英语例句	(1) Just for an instant I thought he was going to refuse. (2) I recognized her the instant I saw her. (3) Come here this instant! (4) I took an instant dislike to him. (5) The computer can generate instant multimedia messages. (6) I don't like to drink instant coffee.
中文例句	(1) 我脑中有一闪念，以为他要拒绝了。 (2) 我一眼就认出是她。 (3) 请马上到这里来！ (4) 我一见他就不喜欢。 (5) 电脑亦可产生即时的多媒体讯息。 (6) 我不喜欢喝速溶咖啡。
vocabulary简明	An instant is a very short time. In combinations like instant coffee and instant replay it means available right away without a wait.
vocabulary扩展	Instant and moment mean the same thing if you are talking about a particular time in the past like you remember the instant or moment you realized that you had won the lottery. However, the two words are very different when talking about time in the future. "I'll be there in an instant" means you're coming as quickly as possible, whereas if you say "I'll be there in a moment," someone is going to have to wait a bit for you.
柯林斯解释	1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]瞬息；顷刻；刹那 An instant is an extremely short period of time. [usu sing] For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee... 有那么一会儿，凯瑟琳很想逃跑。 The pain disappeared in an instant. 疼痛立刻就消失了。 2 [N-SING 单数名词](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. [with supp] At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness... 就在那时，博物馆陷入了一片漆黑。 In the same instant he flung open the car door. 与此同时，他猛地推开了车门。 3 [PHR-CONJ-SUBORD ]一…(就) To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately. [emphasis] 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 [ADJ 形容词]立即的；即刻的 You use instant to describe something that happens immediately. [usu ADJ n] Mr Porter's book was an instant hit... 波特先生的书一经推出便大受欢迎。 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。 instantly The man was killed instantly... 那名男子当场死亡。 The songs are instantly recognisable. 这些歌曲的辨识度很强。 5 [ADJ 形容词](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. [ADJ n] ...instant coffee. 速溶咖啡

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