immediate
英 [ɪ'miːdɪət]
美[ɪ'midɪət]
英英释意
- 1. very close or connected in space or time;
- "contiguous events"
- "immediate contact"
- "the immediate vicinity"
- "the immediate past"
- 2. having no intervening medium;
- "an immediate influence"
- 3. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect;
- "the immediate result"
- "the immediate cause of the trouble"
- 4. of the present time and place;
- "the immediate revisions"
- 5. performed with little or no delay;
- "an immediate reply to my letter"
- "prompt obedience"
- "was quick to respond"
- "a straightaway denial"