3this instantspokenIMMEDIATELY used when telling someone, especially a child, to do something immediately 立即,现在就〔尤用于催促小孩〕SYN now
Come here this instant!
立刻过来!
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this instant• But even at this instant, something relaxed in me.• But this instantinformation has come at a cost.• Despite this instantrecall, however, a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since we lifted the trophy.• Come here this instant!• In this instant, a strongerbit might help with the strong horse to stop him running through the rider's hand.• Now was the time for other things-for the next thing-for figuring out what to do now, this instant.• And as for rushing off this instant, there's no need.• You hie yourself into your room this instant, and remove those -- clothes.• Get down from there this instant.
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instant• For an instant, he seemed to look at me, too.• He could memorize a page of type or a visualpattern almost in an instant.• All my resolve during my walks along the Seine to become detached from my family vanished in an instant.• It took me an instant to recognize who he was.• The scientists looked at each other in astonishment, and in that instant, Benny bolted.• The instant she touched it Luce felt the second stardip beneath the pressure of her finger.
in an instant• In the desert, duststorms can rise up in an instant.• All my resolve during my walks along the Seine to become detached from my family vanished in an instant.• All this flashed through her head in an instant.• It was functional but soft, enveloping a visitor in instant comfort and security.• My own professional credibility would be lost in an instant if I proposed a boringtwit.• The Myrcan was at the stairs in an instant with his staff in his hands.• The sport has given him all this, and could take him from it in an instant.• What may be unhealthy is the desire for instant transformations, the desire for that change to take place in an instant.• Woulda killed an ordinary man in an instant.