im·me·di·ate
adjective OPAL W
/ɪˈmiːdiət/
/ɪˈmiːdiət/
Idioms - happening or done without delay
立即的；立刻的 - an immediate reaction/response
即时的反应／回应 - to take immediate action
立即采取行动 - RAM stores information for immediate access.
随机存储器储存的信息可以马上读取。 - This decision will have an immediate impact on students.
这一决定将对学生产生直接影响。 - The company announced the immediate availability of an updated version of the software.
该公司宣布立即推出该软件的更新版本。
Extra ExamplesTopics Timeb1- The painkillers brought almost immediate relief.
止痛药几乎立即缓解了疼痛。 - Carrie's immediate reaction to the news was to laugh in relief.
卡丽得知消息后立刻如释重负地笑了。 - Local police took immediate action when they received the bomb alert.
当地警方接到炸弹警报后马上采取了行动。 - She said the matter needed immediate attention.
她说此事需要立即关注。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- seem
- almost
- an immediate reaction/response
- [usually before noun] existing now and needing attention quickly
目前的；当前的；迫切的 - Our immediate concern is to help the families of those who died.
我们的当务之急是帮助那些死者的亲属。 - The hospital says she's out of immediate danger.
医院说她眼下已脱离危险。 - weapons of mass destruction that were an immediate threat to international security
对国际安全构成直接威胁的大规模毁灭性武器 - The report focuses on some of the more immediate problems facing us.
报告重点关注我们所面对的一些较为急迫的问题。 - He said there was no immediate need to appeal for international assistance.
他表示，目前没有必要立即呼吁国际援助。
- Our immediate concern is to help the families of those who died.
- [only before noun] next to or very close to a particular place or time
接近；紧接；附近 - in the immediate vicinity
近在咫尺 - in the immediate aftermath of the war
受战争直接影响 - The prospects for the immediate future are good.
短期内前景乐观。 - The director is standing on her immediate right.
主管就挨在她的右边站着。 - my immediate predecessor in the job (= the person who had the job just before me)
我的职位的前一任
- in the immediate vicinity
- [only before noun] nearest in relationship or rank
（关系或级别）最接近的，直系的，直接的 - The funeral was attended by her immediate family (= her parents, children, brothers and sisters) only.
只有她的直系亲属参加了葬礼。 - He is my immediate superior (= the person directly above me) in the company.
他在公司里是我的顶头上司。
- The funeral was attended by her immediate family (= her parents, children, brothers and sisters) only.
- [only before noun] having a direct effect
（作用）直接的 - The immediate cause of death is unknown.
造成死亡的直接原因不明。
- The immediate cause of death is unknown.
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘nearest in space or order’): from Old French immediat, or from late Latin immediatus, from in- ‘not’ + mediatus ‘intervening’, past participle of mediare, from Latin medius ‘middle’.
Idioms
with immediate effect
- (formal) starting now
立即生效 - She has resigned with immediate effect.
她已辞职，而且立即生效。
- She has resigned with immediate effect.