instant
n. 瞬息; (某一)时刻
adj. 立即的; 速溶的,即食的
An instant is an extremely short period of time.
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。
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.
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。
To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately.
I had bolted the door the instant I had seen the bat.
我一看到蝙蝠就把门闩上了。
You use instant to describe something that happens immediately.
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。
Instant food is food that you can prepare very quickly, for example by just adding water.
...instant coffee.
速溶咖啡
1. a very short time (as the time it takes the eye blink or the heart to beat);
2. a particular point in time;
1. occurring with no delay;
2. in or of the present month;
3. demanding attention;
fast, quick, rapid, swift, hasty, prompt, speedy, instant
这几个形容词都有"快,迅速"之意。
moment, minute, instant
这些名词均含"瞬间,片刻"之意。
He paused for an instant.
他停了一会儿.
Not for an instant did I believe he had lied.
我根本就不相信他撒了谎.
It all happened in an instant.
这一切都发生在一刹那间.
He may arrive any instant.
他随时都可能到达.
I shall be back in an instant.
我马上就回来.