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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

moment ['məumənt]
  1. 1. noun [c] (period of time) 片刻
    It lasted only a moment.
    持续片刻
  2. 2. noun [c] (point in time) 瞬间
    That was the moment I understood.
    在那一瞬间明白了。
  3. 3. noun [u] [frm] (importance) 重要
    a matter of the greatest moment
    重要的一件事
    for a {or} one moment
    一刻
    I don't for a moment think there'll be a divorce.
    我一刻都没想过会离婚
  4. 4. noun (showing relief) 有那么一刻
    For a moment I thought he wasn't going to make it.
    那么一刻我还以为不会来了。
  5. 5. noun (briefly) 一会儿
    She stared at him for a moment, then turned away.
    她盯着他看了一会儿然后转过身。
    for the moment
    暂时
    in a moment
    马上
  6. 6. noun (explaining duration) 一瞬间
    one moment, please
    稍等
    the moment (that)...
    一…,就…
    at that moment
    当时
    at the/this (present) moment
    此刻/当前
    (at) any moment (now)
    随时
    at the last moment
    最后一刻

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

moment [ˈməʊmənt]
  1. 1. n.[c] 时刻时候
    The moment he arrived the party began.
    到达那一刻,聚会开始了。
  2. 2. n.[c] 片刻瞬间刹那
    Wait just a moment.
    请稍等
  3. 3. n.[c] 此刻现在
    She is studying at the moment.
    当时正在学习
  4. 4. n.[u] 重要性重大
    Virtue is of more moment than security.
    美德安全更重要
  5. 5. n.[c] [Physics] [Singular] 力)矩
  6. 6. n.[c] [Statistics] 动差,矩

Collins English-English Dictionary

moment ['məυmənt]
  1. 1. n a short indefinite period of time
    he'll be here in a moment
  2. 2. n a specific instant or point in time
    at that moment the doorbell rang
  3. 3. n import, significance, or value
    a man of moment
  4. 4. n [Physics] a tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis
  5. 5. n the product of a physical quantity, such as force or mass, and its distance from a fixed reference point - See also moment of inertia
  6. 6. n [statistics] the mean of a specified power of the deviations of all the values of a variable in its frequency distribution. The power of the deviations indicates the order of the moment and the deviations may be from the origin (giving a moment about the origin) or from the mean (giving a moment about the mean)
  7. 7. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French, from Latin momentum, from movere to move

Examples

news of great moment
重大新闻
This moment will stand out vividly in my memory forever.
这一刻将永远鲜活地保存在我的记忆中。
At the moment, the only thing left to do is finish mixing the album.
目前唯一要做的就是把混录唱片的工作完成。
The lift is broken at the moment.
电梯现在坏了。
Could you mind my purse for a moment while I go and pay.
我去付账的时候能帮我看一下包吗?

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