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instantly

/in-stuhnt-lee/US // ˈɪn stənt li //UK // (ˈɪnstəntlɪ) //

瞬间,顷刻间,瞬间就,瞬时

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : immediately; at once.
    • : urgently.
conj.连词 conjunction
  1. 1
    • : as soon as; directly: I recognized her instantly she entered the room.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Examples

  • Apple’s and Google’s devices enable strong encryption, which instantly afforded more security to users of iPhones and Android systems.

  • The system instantly knows which side of the virtual line the ball is on.

  • When students enter UC Berkeley unprepared for college-level math, they aren’t sent to a remedial classroom but to ALEKS, an adaptive tutor that can assess readiness and instantly adapt the curriculum.

  • Frisch told Bohr, about to board a ship to America, who realized instantly that fission confirmed his belief that an atomic nucleus behaved analogously to a drop of liquid.

  • At those speeds, even an object just a few centimeters long could instantly destroy a satellite, and send even more debris hurtling through space.

  • The jet engine instantly brought two advances over propellers: it doubled the speed and it was far more reliable.

  • But one extra trick would instantly solve the problem of crashes that occur over water.

  • His mature wit and poetic style drew in those around him and we connected instantly.

  • More than 1,000 “likes” appeared instantly, as soon as the picture appeared.

  • The very nature of going “viral” is that it requires the content to be instantly, freely shareable.

  • One of the simplest of these childish tricks is the invention of an excuse for not instantly obeying a command, as "Come here!"

  • To talk German was beyond the sweep of my dizziest ambition, but an Italian runner or porter instantly presented himself.

  • A volley did sound, and instantly; but it came from the rocks above, and three of the villains fell.

  • Here Badorful rolled over upon his side, and was instantly fast asleep.

  • Any exaggeration into which a feeling of indignation happens to betray the accuser is instantly pounced upon.