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- instance ['ɪnstəns]
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1.
n
a case or particular example
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2.
n
a specified stage in proceedings; step (in the phrases in the first, second, etc, instance)
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3.
n
urgent request or demand (esp in the phrase at the instance of)
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4.
n
[logic]
an expression derived from another by instantiation
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5.
n
See substitution
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6.
n
[archaic]
motive or reason
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7.
vt.
[tr]
to cite as an example
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8.
vt.
[Etymology]
C14 (in the sense: case, example): from Medieval Latin instantia example, (in the sense: urgency) from Latin: a being close upon, presence, from inst
a ns pressing upon, urgent; seeinstant
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1.
n
a case or particular example
Examples
- in the first instance
- 首先 → instance
- Brown, for instance, used to be a simple earth color, but now it's perceived as more elegant.
- 比如说棕色，过去被看作是土地的颜色，现在表示的却是高贵。 → brown
- in the first instance
- 起初 → first
- for instance
- 例如 → instance
- in the first instance
- 首先 → instance
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there are lots of ways you might amuse yourself
like taking a long walk, for instance → like - 拿盖房子作比方
- take for instance the building of a house → 比方
- 初审案件
- case of first instance → 初审
- 初审法庭
- court of first instance → 初审
- 第二审法院
- court of second instance → 第二审
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