instance
instance 英 [ˈɪnstəns] 美 [ˈɪnstəns]
n. 实例；情况；建议 vt. 举...为例
进行时:instancing 过去式:instanced 过去分词:instanced 第三人称单数:instances 名词复数:instances
- An instance is a specific example or case of something. One instance of being chased by a growling dog can make a person spend his whole life being afraid of animals.
- 请先登录
- n. 实例；情况；建议
- vt. 举...为例
-
1. The report highlights a number of instances of injustice.
这篇报道重点列举了一些不公正的实例。
-
2. In most instances, there will be no need for further treatment.
多数情况下，不必继续治疗。
-
3. What would you do, for instance, if you found a member of staff stealing?
比如说，如果你发现有职员偷东西，你该怎么办？
-
4. In the first instance, notify the police and then contact your insurance company.
首先是报警，然后与你的保险公司联系。
- instance (n.) late 14c., "urgency, insistence" (a sense now archaic), from Old French instance "effort, application; urgency, eagerness, anxiety" (13c.), from Latin instantia "presence, effort, intention; earnestness, urgency," literally "a standing near," from instans (see instant).
- instance (v.) "cite as an instance" (in the logical sense), c. 1600, from instance (n.). Middle English had a verb instauncen "to plead with, urge, entreat." Related: Instanced; instancing.
- 请先登录
0 个回复