instant
n. 瞬息; (某一)時刻
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...
有那麼一會兒,凱瑟琳很想逃跑。
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...
就在那時,博物館陷入了一片漆黑。
In the same instant he flung open the car door.
與此同時,他猛地推開了車門。
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.
我一看到蝙蝠就把門閂上了。
You use instant to describe something that happens immediately.
Mr Porter's book was an instant hit...
波特先生的書一經推出便大受歡迎。
He had taken an instant dislike to Mortlake.
他一到莫特萊克就覺得不喜歡這個地方。
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
這幾個形容詞都有"快,迅速"之意。
moment, minute, instant
這些名詞均含"瞬間,片刻"之意。
He paused for an instant.
他停了一會兒.
Not for an instant did I believe he had lied.
我根本就不相信他撒了謊.
It all happened in an instant.
這一切都發生在一剎那間.
He may arrive any instant.
他隨時都可能到達.
I shall be back in an instant.
我馬上就回來.