1. 瞬息;頃刻;剎那 An instant is an extremely short period of time.
e.g. For an instant, Catherine was tempted to flee... 有那么一會(huì )兒,凱瑟琳很想逃跑。 e.g. The pain disappeared in an instant. 疼痛立刻就消失了。
2. (某一)時(shí)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.
e.g. At that instant the museum was plunged into total darkness... 就在那時(shí),博物館陷入了一片漆黑。 e.g. In the same instant he flung open the car door. 與此同時(shí),他猛地推開(kāi)了車(chē)門(mén)。
3. 一…(就) To do something the instant something else happens means to do it immediately.
e.g. I had bolted the door the instant I had seen the bat. 我一看到蝙蝠就把門(mén)閂上了。
4. 立即的;即刻的 You use instant to describe something that happens immediately.
instant的翻譯
e.g. Mr Porter's book was an instant hit... 波特先生的書(shū)一經(jīng)推出便大受歡迎。 e.g. He had taken an instant dislike to Mortlake. 他一到莫特萊克就覺(jué)得不喜歡這個(gè)地方。
instantly The man was killed instantly... 那名男子當場(chǎng)死亡。 The songs are instantly recognisable. 這些歌曲的辨識度很強。
5. (食品)已配制好的，調制快速方便的，速溶的 Instant food is food that you can prepare very quickly, for example by just adding water.