instance

instance

['instəns]

n.例子, 场合, 情况, 要求, 诉讼程序
vt.举例说明

例句与用法：

There's not a solitary instance (ie not even one) of this having happened before.

这样的事以前一次也没有发生过。

The proposal was accepted at the instance of the majority.

这一建议经大多数的请求得到采纳。

He came at our instance.

他应我们的请求而来。

This is only one instance out of many.

这不过是许多例子中的一个。

词形变化：

动词过去式: instanced | 动词过去分词: instanced | 动词现在分词: instancing | 动词第三人称单数: instances |

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n.[C]

1. 例子, 实例[(+of)]

There are jobs more dangerous than truck driving, for instance, training lions.

有些工作比开卡车还要危险, 例如驯狮就是。

Let me give you some instances.

让我给你举几个例子。

2. 情况, 场合

I won't give in in any instance.

在任何情况下我都不会妥协。

3. 请求, 建议

vt.

举……为例; 引证

He instanced the fly as a dirty insect.

在说到肮脏的昆虫时他举苍蝇为例。

短语词组：

at the instance of

1. 经……的提议

I did it at the instance of one of my colleagues.

我是经我一位同事的提议才做了这件事。

for instance

1. 例如

You can't depend on her: for instance, she arrived late yesterday.

她靠不住:举例说, 昨天她就来迟了。

in the first instance

1. 首先

In the first instance we had better make sure the calculations are correct.

首先我们最好保证计算是正确的。