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n.实例,建议,要求,情况,场合 vt.举...为例,获得例证

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动词过去式:instanced 过去分词:instanced 现在分词:instancing 第三人称单数:instances

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sist,stitut,sta,st=to stand(站立)

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case  circumstance  example  occasion    

instance


/'ɪnstəns; `ɪnstəns/
n
1 ~ (of sth) particular occurrence of sth that happens generally or several times; example; case 例子; 实例; 事例
*I can quote you several instances of her being deliberately rude. 我可以给你举出她故意粗暴待人的几个例子.
* In most instances (ie Mostly) the pain soon goes away. 在多数情况下, 这种疼痛很快就消失.
2 (idm 习语) at the instance of sb (fml 文) at sb's (urgent) request or suggestion 应某人之(紧急)请求或建议. for `instance as an example; for example 例如; 比如
*Several of his friends came
*Ben, Carol and Mike, for instance. 他的几个朋友来了, 比如本、卡罗尔、麦克. in the `first instance (fml 文) at the beginning; intially 首先; 第一
*In the first instance I was inclined to refuse, but then I reconsidered. 起初我想拒绝, 但後来还是重新考虑了. in `this instance on this occasion; in this case 在这种情况下.

v [Tn] give (sth) as an example 举(某事物)为例.
1. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work together; how one's ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use.
    研究人员想要弄清的是两者是如何共同起作用的;举例说,一个人应付压力的能力是如何影响他集中精力,运用智力的能力的。

2. There's the fear, for instance, that parents might clone a child for the sake of having "surplus parts" in case the original child needs an organ transplant.
    例如,有人担心父母克隆孩子是为了要有"备用器官",以备这个孩子器官移植之需。

3. And, in another instance, wearing stockings and slippers, to make out with her foot the outlines and colours of a picture hidden under a carpet.
    还有一次,她穿着长筒袜子和拖鞋,能用脚步识别出藏在地毯下面的一幅画的轮廓和颜色。

4. A recent article in a weekly newspaper, for instance, was headed with a striking illustration of a lady in a state of considerable distress,
    例如,最近一家周报刊登了一篇文章,文章上方有一幅引人注目的插图,是一位表情沮丧的女子。

5. A Frenchman, for instance, might find it hard to laugh at a Russian joke.
    譬如,法国人听完一则俄国笑话可能很难发笑。

6. Some time ago the United States Navy, for instance, examined a very large number of men working on aircraft carriers:
    例如,美国海军前些时候调查了许多在航空母航上工作的人,

7. Many firms, for instance, have great difficulty in obtaining technical or scientific books from libraries because they are unwilling to have their names entered as having taken out such and such a book,
    比如,很多公司向图书馆借阅科技书籍时感到困难,因为它们不愿让人家记下它们公司的名字和借阅的某一本书。

8. Could any spectacle, for instance, be more grimly whimsical than that of gunners using science to shatter men´s bodies.
    例如:炮手们用科学来毁坏人体,还有比这更令人害怕的怪诞情景吗?

9. Can you quote me a recent instance?
    你能举出来一个最近的例子吗?

10. Cats, for instance, would be greatly helped;
    譬如说,如果猫有毒液,那对猫会大有帮助,

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