immediate
immediate
adjective
immediateness
noun
语源
adjective
- occurring or done at once; instant
立即的，即刻的，即时的
the authorities took no immediate action.
当局没有采取立即行动。
the book's success was immediate.
这本书立即获得了成功。
■relating to or existing at the present time
目前的，当前的
the immediate concern was how to avoid taxes.
当务之急是如何避免税务。 - nearest in time, relationship, or rank
（时间）最近的，（关系）最亲的，（地位）最接近的
a funeral with only the immediate family in attendance.
只有直系亲属出席的葬礼。
■nearest or next to in space
紧挨的，邻近的
roads in the immediate vicinity of the port.
港口的邻近道路。
■(of a relation or action) without an intervening medium or agency; direct
（关系，行动）直接的
coronary thrombosis was the immediate cause of death.
冠状动脉血栓是死亡的直接原因。 - (Philosophy)(of knowledge or reaction) gained or shown without reasoning; intuitive
(哲)（感知，反应）直觉的
immediateness
noun
语源
- late Middle English (in the sense 'nearest in space or order'): from Old French immediat, or from late Latin immediatus, from in- 'not' + mediatus 'intervening', past participle of mediare (see mediate)
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