instance

instance
noun
  1. an example or single occurrence of something
    例子，事例
    a serious instance of corruption.
    严重的腐败事例。
    the search finds every instance where the word appears.
    搜索出了这个单词出现的每一处地方。
    ■a particular case
    具体情况
    in this instance it mattered little.
    这个情况下，这一点无关紧要。
verb
  1. [with obj.]cite (a fact, case, etc.) as an instance or example
    以（事实、案例）为例
    I instanced Bob as someone whose commitment had certainly got things done.
    我以鲍勃为例，说明一个人全力以赴就可以成就事情。
常用词组
at first instance
  1. (Law)at the first court hearing concerning a case
    (律)初审时。 参见 court of first instance
at the instance of
  1. (formal)at the request or instigation of
    (正式)应…的要求，经…的请求；在…的鼓动下
    prosecution at the instance of the police.
    应警方要求进行的起诉。
for instance
  1. as an example
    例如
    take Canada, for instance.
    以加拿大为例。
in the first (或second 等) instance
  1. in the first (or second etc.) place; at the first (or second etc.) stage of a proceeding
    首先（或其次等）；第一步（或第二步等）
    the appointment will be for three years in the first instance.
    首先，任期为期三年。
语源
  1. Middle English: via Old French from Latin instantia 'presence, urgency', from instare 'be present, press upon', from in- 'upon' + stare 'to stand'. The original sense was 'urgency, urgent entreaty', surviving in at the instance of. In the late 16th cent. the word denoted a particular case cited to disprove a general assertion, derived from medieval Latin instantia 'example to the contrary' (translating Greek enstasis 'objection'); hence the meaning ‘single occurrence’
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