| 单词 | immediate |
| 释义 | immediate (once / 35 pages) 1adj 2adj Something immediate is happening now or right away. If you're in immediate danger, you'd better run or call 911. Immediate is a word that pretty much means "now." If you take immediate action, then there's no delay. If you need immediate assistance, you can't wait for assistance. The related word immediately should be a clue, since it also means "right now." If something is happening later, or it happened a long time ago, or you have to wait for it at all, then it's not immediate. WORD FAMILYimmediate: immediacy, immediately, immediateness+/immediacy: immediacies USAGE EXAMPLESPeople considering gastric bypass surgery often focus on the immediate result: an end to obesity after struggling unsuccessfully to lose weight. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) There was no immediate reaction from China to Trump’s tweet. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) There was no immediate comment from either North or South Korea on Mr. Trump’s latest remarks. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 1adj immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect the immediate result the immediate cause of the trouble Syn proximate closest in degree or order (space or time) especially in a chain of causes and effects 2adj performed with little or no delay an immediate reply to my letter Syn prompt, quick, straightaway fast acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly 3adj of the present time and place the immediate revisions Syn present temporal sense; intermediate between past and future; now existing or happening or in consideration 4adj very close or connected in space or time 2immediate contact the immediate vicinity the immediate past Syn contiguous close at or within a short distance in space or time or having elements near each other adj having no intervening medium an immediate influence Syn|Ant direct, unmediated having no intervening persons, agents, conditions mediate acting through or dependent on an intervening agency indirecthaving intervening factors or persons or influences mediatedacting or brought about through an intervening agency |
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