- A moment is a particular point in time. Some moments you remember forever: like the moment you earned your driver's license or the moment you learned that you passed your organic chemistry class.
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- n. 片刻，时刻；
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1. Could you wait a moment,please?
请您稍等一下，好吗？
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2. One moment, please.
请稍候。
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3. I'll be back in a moment.
我一会儿就回来。
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4. We're busy at the moment.
我们这会儿很忙。
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5. That was one of the happiest moments of my life.
那是我一生中最快乐的一段时光。
- moment (n.) mid-14c., "very brief portion of time, instant," in moment of time, from Old French moment (12c.) "moment, minute; importance, weight, value" or directly from Latin momentum "movement, motion; moving power; alteration, change;" also "short time, instant" (also source of Spanish, Italian momento), contraction of *movimentum, from movere "to move" (from PIE root *meue- "to push away"). Some (but not OED) explain the sense evolution of the Latin word by notion of a particle so small it would just "move" the pointer of a scale, which led to the transferred sense of "minute time division." Sense of "importance, 'weight' " is attested in English from 1520s.
mo·ment ★ / ˈməʊmənt ; NAmE ˈmoʊmənt / noun 1 ★ a very short period of time 片刻；瞬间 ◆ Could you wait a moment,please? 请您稍等一下，好吗？ ◆ One moment, please (= Please wait a short time). 请稍候。 ◆ He thought for a momentbefore replying. 他想了一下才回答。 ◆ I'll be back in a moment. 我一会儿就回来。 ◆ We arrived not a moment too soon (= almost too late). 我们到得一点也不早。 ◆ Moments later (= a very short time later),I heard a terrible crash. 过了一会儿，我听到一声可怕的撞击声。 ☞see also senior moment 2 ★ [singular ] an exact point in time 某个时刻；当时 ◆ We're busy at the moment (= now). 我们这会儿很忙。 ◆ I agreed in a moment ofweakness. 我一时心软就答应了。 ◆ At that very moment,the phone rang. 就在那时，电话铃响了。 ◆ From that moment on,she never felt really well again. 从那时候开始，她就再也没真正好受过。 3 ★ [countable ] a particular occasion; a time for doing sth 时机；机遇；时光；做某事的时刻 ◆ I'm waiting for the right momentto tell him the bad news. 我得找个适当的时机告诉他这个坏消息。 ◆ That was one of the happiest moments of my life. 那是我一生中最快乐的一段时光。 ◆ Have I caught you at a bad moment? 我是不是来得不是时候？ IDIOMS ★ (at) any ˈmoment (ˈnow) very soon 很快；随时 ◆ Hurry up! He'll be back any moment now. 快点！他随时都会回来。 at this moment in ˈtime ( informal) now, at the present time 现在；此时此刻 ◆ At this moment in time, I don't know what my decision will be. 此时此刻，我还未知道自己会作出什么决定。 for the ˈmoment/ˈpresent for now; for a short time 目前；暂时 ◆ This house is big enough for the moment, but we'll have to move if we have children. 这房子现在还够大。要是有了孩子，我们还得搬。 have its/your ˈmoments to have short times that are better, more interesting, etc. than others 有短暂的好时候 ◆ The job isn't exciting all the time, but it has its moments. 这工作并不总是很带劲，但也有让人兴奋的时候。 the ˌmoment of ˈtruth a time when sb/sth is tested, or when important decisions are made 考验的时刻；（决策的）关键时刻 the moment (that)… as soon as… 一…就… ◆ I want to see him the moment he arrives. 希望他一到我就见到他。 ˌnot for a/one ˈmoment certainly not; not at all 当然不；一点也不 ◆ I don't think for a moment that she'll accept but you can ask her. 我觉得她一定不会接受的，不过你可以去问问她。 of ˈmoment very important 非常重要 ◆ matters of great moment 极其重要的事 of the ˈmoment (of a person, a job, an issue, etc. 人、工作、议题等 ) famous, important and talked about a lot now 红极一时；盛行一时；广为谈论 ◆ She's the fashion designer of the moment. 她是当前最红的时装设计师。 ☞more at evil , just adv. , last det. , notice n. , psychological , spur n. , wait v. moment moments mo·ment / ˈməʊmənt ; NAmE ˈmoʊmənt /
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