| 单词 | instance |
| 释义 | in·stance I. 1. a. archaic b. < work undertaken at the instance of the householder > c. obsolete 2. a. archaic b. < an instance of true heroism > < carefully documenting each instance of the use of this diphthong > c. obsolete d. obsolete 3. a. b. (1) (2) (3) 4. a. < a well-known writer who prefers, in this instance, to remain anonymous — Times Literary Supplement > < appointments will be made for a three-year period in the first instance > b. Synonyms: < the instance may be rejected, but the principle abides — B.N.Cardozo > < wanted to work out the problem on a definite instance — A.L.Guérard > case is now very general in meaning and poor in connotative power; it is used to designate a situation or occurrence showing characteristics to be grouped together and viewed as a configuration or pattern < the case of payments made under the head of profits to entrepreneurs, financiers, speculators, and middlemen in various markets — J.A.Hobson > < usually isolated cases of deaf and dumb, feebleminded, or otherwise unfortunate children — R.W.Murray > illustration is likely to suggest an instance adduced for the sake of clarifying or demonstrating < the resolution of Washington and his men at Valley Forge is an illustration of bravery > example suggests a single item or incident taken as typical or representative < perhaps the best of many American examples of the creative artist and thinker … in a country and an era dominantly materialistic — H.S.Canby > sample may indicate a part or a unit of a whole taken more or less at random but still presumed to be typical or representative in showing a general nature, character, or quality < so many happy youths … so many divers samples from the growth of life's sweet season — William Wordsworth > < the barest sample of the riches which the gleaner may gather — B.N.Cardozo > specimen is close to sample in its meaning but may suggest scientific or otherwise close analysis < made it my business to examine some specimens of the writing — Charles Dickens > specimen may indicate either the typical or representative example or the merely existent instance < there were a few boomtowns in the Middle West, but the finest specimens began to be seen only with the discoveries of gold and silver in the Far West — A.F.Harlow > • - for instance II. transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. < his meaning is well instanced in the passage quoted > 3. < we might instance the increase in delinquency > intransitive verb Synonyms: see mention |
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