形容词

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1. 立即的;即刻的;即时的
An immediate result, action, or reaction happens or is done without any delay.

2. 急迫的;紧急的
Immediate needs and concerns exist at the present time and must be dealt with quickly.

3. 最接近的;紧接的
The immediate person or thing comes just before or just after another person or thing in a sequence.

4. 临近的;贴近的
You use immediate to describe an area or position that is next to or very near a particular place or person.

5. 直系的
Your immediate family are the members of your family who are most closely related to you, for example your parents, children, brothers, and sisters.

1. very close or connected in space or time

e.g. contiguous events
immediate contact
the immediate vicinity
the immediate past

Synonym: contiguous

2. having no intervening medium

e.g. an immediate influence

3. performed with little or no delay

e.g. an immediate reply to my letter
a prompt reply
was quick to respond
a straightaway denial

Synonym: promptquickstraightaway

4. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect

e.g. the immediate result
the immediate cause of the trouble

5. of the present time and place

e.g. the immediate revisions