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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- moment
['məumənt]
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1.
noun
[c]
(period of time) 片刻
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It lasted only a moment.
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只持续了片刻。
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2.
noun
[c]
(point in time) 瞬间
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That was the moment I understood.
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在那一瞬间我明白了。
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3.
noun
[u]
[frm]
(importance) 重要
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a matter of the greatest moment
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最重要的一件事
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for a {or} one moment
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一刻
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I don't for a moment think there'll be a divorce.
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我一刻都没想过会离婚。
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4.
noun
(showing relief) 有那么一刻
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For a moment I thought he wasn't going to make it.
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有那么一刻我还以为他不会来了。
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5.
noun
(briefly) 一会儿
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She stared at him for a moment, then turned away.
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她盯着他看了一会儿,然后转过身。
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for the moment
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暂时
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in a moment
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马上
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6.
noun
(explaining duration) 一瞬间
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one moment, please
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请稍等
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the moment (that)...
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一…,就…
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at that moment
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当时
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at the/this (present) moment
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此刻/当前
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(at) any moment (now)
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随时
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at the last moment
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在最后一刻
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- moment
[ˈməʊmənt]
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1.
n.[c]
时刻,时候
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The moment he arrived the party began.
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他到达那一刻,聚会开始了。
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2.
n.[c]
片刻,瞬间,刹那
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Wait just a moment.
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请稍等。
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3.
n.[c]
此刻,现在
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She is studying at the moment.
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她当时正在学习。
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4.
n.[u]
重要性,重大
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Virtue is of more moment than security.
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美德比安全更重要。
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5.
n.[c]
[Physics]
[Singular]
(力)矩
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6.
n.[c]
[Statistics]
动差,矩
Collins English-English Dictionary
- moment
['məυmənt]
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n
a short indefinite period of time
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he'll be here in a moment
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2.
n
a specific instant or point in time
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at that moment the doorbell rang
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3.
n
import, significance, or value
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a man of moment
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4.
n
[Physics]
a tendency to produce motion, esp rotation about a point or axis
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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
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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)
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n
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French, from Latin momentum, from movere to move
Examples
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news of great moment
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重大新闻
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This moment will stand out vividly in my memory forever.
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这一刻将永远鲜活地保存在我的记忆中。
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At the moment, the only thing left to do is finish mixing the album.
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目前唯一要做的就是把混录唱片的工作完成。
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The lift is broken at the moment.
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电梯现在坏了。
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Could you mind my purse for a moment while I go and pay.
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我去付账的时候能帮我看一下包吗?
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