形容词立即的; 直接的，最接近的; 目前的，当前的; 直觉的
形容词mediate
形容词
5. Our immediate concern was to prevent the fire from spreading to other buildings.
我们的当务之急是阻止火势向其它建筑物蔓延。
1. 立即的：通过句子意思很容易得出答案. 他们知道你在等着答案,所以我肯定你的信会得到立即的(immediate)回复.
2. 直接的：当您运行 emerge --update world 时, 仅有 world 文件中列出的那些软件包及其直接的 (immediate) 依赖包会被检查或, 必要的话, 会被更新. 如果您想让 emerge 检查所有的依赖关系 (包括依赖包的依赖包),
3. 即时的：但在此同時,影像,及其所再現(represents)的物體之間(在相片上的符號,以及這些符號所再現的樹木之間),乃是一種即時的(immediate),且毫無建構色彩(unconstructed)的物質關係.
4. 立刻：I:立刻(immediate) 给出反馈(最好在1个小时之内C:清楚(clear) 反馈意见是要清楚到无以争辩的境地;E:有效(effective) 给谈判者提供更加有效的工具. 那么,问题在于,在大部分人习惯遵循X模式的情况下,如何让人们遵循Y模式呢?
1. 立即的;即刻的;即时的
An immediate result, action, or reaction happens or is done without any delay.
e.g. These tragic incidents have had an immediate effect...
这些悲剧性事件造成的后果即刻显现。
e.g. My immediate reaction was just disgust.
我当时的第一反应就是反感。
2. 急迫的;紧急的
Immediate needs and concerns exist at the present time and must be dealt with quickly.
e.g. Relief agencies say the immediate problem is not a lack of food, but transportation.
救援机构称最紧迫的问题不是食物匮乏,而是运输不畅。
3. 最接近的;紧接的
The immediate person or thing comes just before or just after another person or thing in a sequence.
e.g. In the immediate aftermath of the riots, a mood of hope and reconciliation sprang up...
暴乱过后紧接着出现了期待未来与盼望和解的气氛。
e.g. His immediate superior, General Geichenko, had singled him out for special mention.
他的直接上级盖琴科将军特别提到了他。
4. 临近的;贴近的
You use immediate to describe an area or position that is next to or very near a particular place or person.
e.g. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity...
仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。
e.g. I was seated at Sauter's immediate left.
我紧挨着索特左手边坐着。
5. 直系的
Your immediate family are the members of your family who are most closely related to you, for example your parents, children, brothers, and sisters.
e.g. The presence of his immediate family is obviously having a calming effect on him.
他的直系亲属都在场,这显然起到了让他镇定的作用。
1. 立即的;即刻的;即时的
An immediate result, action, or reaction happens or is done without any delay.
e.g. These tragic incidents have had an immediate effect...
这些悲剧性事件造成的后果即刻显现。
e.g. My immediate reaction was just disgust.
我当时的第一反应就是反感。
2. 急迫的;紧急的
Immediate needs and concerns exist at the present time and must be dealt with quickly.
e.g. Relief agencies say the immediate problem is not a lack of food, but transportation.
救援机构称最紧迫的问题不是食物匮乏,而是运输不畅。
3. 最接近的;紧接的
The immediate person or thing comes just before or just after another person or thing in a sequence.
e.g. In the immediate aftermath of the riots, a mood of hope and reconciliation sprang up...
暴乱过后紧接着出现了期待未来与盼望和解的气氛。
e.g. His immediate superior, General Geichenko, had singled him out for special mention.
他的直接上级盖琴科将军特别提到了他。
4. 临近的;贴近的
You use immediate to describe an area or position that is next to or very near a particular place or person.
e.g. Only a handful had returned to work in the immediate vicinity...
仅有几个人回到临近地区工作。
e.g. I was seated at Sauter's immediate left.
我紧挨着索特左手边坐着。
5. 直系的
Your immediate family are the members of your family who are most closely related to you, for example your parents, children, brothers, and sisters.
e.g. The presence of his immediate family is obviously having a calming effect on him.
他的直系亲属都在场,这显然起到了让他镇定的作用。
家庭
A：Tell me about your family, Simon. Are you from a big family?
西蒙，给我们讲讲你们家的事。你来自一个大家庭吗？
B：No, my immediate family is quite small. There are only five of us. My parents, my younger brother and my younger sister. But my parents both come from large families.
不，我们自己的直系家庭相当小，只有五口人，（包括）我的父母，弟弟和妹妹。但是我父母都来自大家庭。
immediate的意思
A：How many people are in your extended family?
你的大家庭中有多少人呢？
B：There are too many to count. I suppose, well over 100 people.
太多了，数不过来。我想有一百多人吧。
A：Do you get to see your family often?
你常和家里人见过面吗？
B：I see my immediate family every weekend, and I see my extended family about once or twice a year.We usually see each other for Christmas, Easter, and other big celebrations, like weddings.
我每个周末都和直系小家庭成员见面。我一年中能见到其他大家庭的成员一或俩次。我们经常在圣诞节，复活节和其他大的庆祝活动，如婚礼上见面。
A：Have you ever been to a family reunion?
你参加过家庭聚会吗。
B：Actually, I have been to one, but it wasn’t mine! It was one of my friends’. He didn’t want to be theonly boy there, so I went with him to keep him company. This was a long time ago, of course.
我倒是去过一次。但不是我自己家的聚会，是我的一个朋友家的聚会。他不想成为聚会上的唯一男孩，所以我去陪他。当然了，这也是很久以前的事了。
A：Are many of your relative divorced?
你的亲属中有很多人离婚吗？
B：Let me think. I believe it’s just my one uncle. He’s always been a rebel. My grandmother was very religious, so most of my relatives were too scared to get divorced!
让我想一下。我想只有我的一个叔叔离了婚。他一直是个叛逆者。我奶奶是个很虔诚的教徒，所以我的大多数亲属都不敢离婚！
A：Do you have any relatives who are single mothers?
你的亲属中有单身母亲吗？
B：I have just one-her father is the one who got divorced. Their family is sort of the black sheep of our extended family.
我只有一个亲属是单身母亲。她的父亲也离了婚。他们家是我们大家庭中的另类。