单词 | immediate |
释义 | immediate adj.   1. occurring or done at once or without delay (an immediate reply).   2. nearest, next; not separated by others (the immediate vicinity; the immediate future; my immediate neighbour).   3. most pressing or urgent (our immediate concern was to get him to hospital).   4. (of a relation or action) having direct effect; without an intervening medium or agency (the immediate cause of death).   5. (of knowledge) intuitive, gained without reasoning. Derivatives immediacy n. immediateness n. Etymology: ME f. F imm{eacute}diat or LL immediatus (as IN-(1), MEDIATE) |
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