【基本意思】:
- immediate的基本意思是“立即的”“即刻的”“当前的”,引申可指“直接的”“最接近的”。作“直接的”“最接近的” 解时,只用作定语。
- immediate family的意思是“直系亲属”; immediate evidence的意思是“第一手证据”。 【例句】:
- The immediate cause of death is unknown.
造成死亡的直接原因不明。 - He seldom expected to receive any immediate profit.
他倒不一定是想从中捞到什么直接的好处。 - The evidence has no immediate bearing on the case.
该证据与本案无直接关系。 - His immediate successors fell into the same trap.
他的直接继承者也堕入了这一陷阱。 - I have no immediate connection with him.
我和他没有直接关系。 - His immediate reaction was one of revulsion.
他的直接反映是厌恶。 - My immediate family consists of my son and my wife.
我的最亲近的家人包括儿子和妻子。 - There’s no post office in the immediate neighbourhood.
附近没有邮局。 - What are your plans for the immediate future?
你最近有什麽计画? - This work demands your immediate attention.
这件工作急需你立即处理。 - Her arrest produced an immediate reaction from the press.
她被捕的事立刻在新闻界引起反应。 - He insisted on immediate payment.
他坚持要求对方立即付款。 - The victims need our immediate help.
受害者需要我们立即的援助。 - One hundred dollars will meet my immediate needs.
一百美元可以应付我目前的需要。 - There were no immediate reports of casualties.
目前还没有关于人员伤亡的报导。 - Today’s immediate problem is one of distribution of both food and income.
目前面临的紧迫问题是食物分配和收入分配问题。
【常见句型】:
用作形容词 (adj.)用作定语 ~+ n.
- Please give me an immediate answer.
请立即回答我。 - They are anxious for immediate help.
他们渴望能立即得到帮助。 - He is a patient in immediate need of first aid.
他是急需抢救的病人。 - I should consider myself failing my duty if I did not take immediate action.
如果我不立即采取行动,我会认为自己失职。 - The commander ordered an immediate withdrawal of the troops.
指挥员命令部队立即撤退。 - This question demands my immediate attention.
这个问题需要我立刻注意。 - The complaint appears to be well founded and demands immediate attention.
别人的意见看来是有道理的,应该赶快处理。 - The doctor advised an immediate operation.
医生建议马上开刀。 - The secretary advised immediate settlement of the issue.
秘书建议,立即解决这个问题。 - He will leave as soon as he has finished with his immediate commitments.
他把眼前承担的事一结束,就立即动身。 - We declared ourselves for the immediate convocation of the meeting.
我们主张立即召开这个会议。 - Our Government administered immediate relief to people who had suffered from the earthquake.
政府给遭受地震的群众及时的援助。 - She looked at him with immediate and undisguised contempt.
她用毫不掩饰的轻蔑眼光看着他。 - The woman was their immediate superior.
那个女的是他们的顶头上司。 - Who was the immediate heir to the throne?
谁是王位的直接继承人? - The police had immediate evidence of a plot.
警察掌握了一起阴谋的第一手证据。 - Only his immediate family was allowed to see him.
只允许他的直系亲属去看他。 - He is my immediate neighbour.
他是我最近的邻居。 - What was the immediate cause of it?
它的近因是什么? - Heart failure was the immediate cause of his death.
心力衰弱是他死亡的直接原因。 - Put long interests before immediate interests.
把长远利益放在眼前利益之上。
用作表语 S+be+~
- This matter is immediate, we must do it now.
这事刻不容缓,我们必须现在做。
S+be+~+ prep .-phrase
- He was immediate with her.
他直接和她联系。
【词义辨析】:
- The immediate cause of death is unknown.