1.immediately after something happens
1.Her face has softened in the instant and her eyes began to glow as she talked.
她的脸马上缓和下来，当她讲话时，眼睛开始放出光芒。
2.But the instant recognition and raw power of that phrase has made it easy for that terrible event to slide into pop culture.
但一眼就能知道，而且原始力量使它这个可怕事件轻而易举地就进入了大众文化。
3.The instant [he] said "let's try eating it" , he threw [it] into his mouth.
“吃吃看吧”（他）才说完，就塞进了口里。
4.The instant (that) I reached the platform the train began to move.
我一到站台，火车就开动了。
5.A mild secular analog, he says, might be an executive who commits a horrific social gaffe at the instant of a crucial promotion.
一种温和的世俗分析认为，这也许像一个公司高层在经历了突然的提升之后开始有了一种心理上的失衡。
6.The instant response was as though the UK could not fund its deficit, as the Bank of England warned this week.
人们的直接反应是，英国好像无法为其赤字融资，正如英国央行（BankofEngland）本周警告的那样。
7.Laura and I amuse ourselves by watching for the green flash which comes at the instant the sun disappears below the line of the. horizon.
劳拉和我还有一种白娱的方法，就是等着观看太阳从地平线上消失的那一瞬间产生的一道绿色的闪光。
8.She said the instant products were not imported in large quantities.
不过她最后说，KingCar公司并没有大量进口上述产品。
9.The best I think we can hope for is self-awareness and growth, not the instant transformation of every man into a superhero overnight.
我认为我们最可期望的是自我认识和成长，而非一夜之间让每个男人都马上变成超级英雄。
10.Nancy got to the truck first. In the instant before she snatched12 the door open, Snoopy recognized her.
南希头一个走到卡车跟前，就在她打开车门的一瞬间，斯努皮认出了她。