首页英语词典momentmoment的意思

moment

英 ['məʊm(ə)nt] 美['momənt]

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近义词minute instant

n. 重要，契机；瞬间；重要时刻；指定时刻
n. (Moment)人名；(英)莫门特

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词态变化

复数: moments;

中文词源

moment 片刻，瞬间

来自拉丁语momentum,运动，变化，冲击，短时间，瞬间，缩写自movimentum,来自movere,运动，移动，词源同move,movement.拼写比较mobile.

英英释意

1. a particular point in time;: "the moment he arrived the party began"

2. an indefinitely short time;: "wait just a moment"; "it only takes a minute"; "in just a bit"

3. at this time;: "the disappointments of the here and now"; "she is studying at the moment"

4. having important effects or influence;: "decisions of great consequence are made by the president himself"; "virtue is of more moment that security"

5. the moment of a couple is the product of its force and the distance between its opposing forces

6. the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value

英文词源

moment: moment: [14] As the closely related momentum [17] suggests, ‘movement’ is the etymological notion underlying moment. It comes via Old French moment from Latin mōmentum. This was a contraction of an assumed earlier *movimentum, a derivative of movēre ‘move’ (source of English move), and it had a wide range of meanings: from the literal ‘movement’ (preserved in English in the directly borrowed momentum) developed the metaphorical ‘instant of time’ (which arose from the notion of a particle so small as only just to ‘move’ the pointer of a scale) and ‘importance’ – both preserved in English moment.

The former has been allotted the derived adjective momentary [16], the latter momentous [17].
=> momentous, momentum, move
moment (n.): mid-14c., "very brief portion of time, instant," in moment of time, from Old French moment (12c.) "moment, minute; importance, weight, value" or directly from Latin momentum "movement, motion; moving power; alteration, change;" also "short time, instant" (also source of Spanish, Italian momento), contraction of *movimentum, from movere "to move" (see move (v.)). Some (but not OED) explain the sense evolution of the Latin word by notion of a particle so small it would just "move" the pointer of a scale, which led to the transferred sense of "minute time division." Sense of "importance, 'weight' " is attested in English from 1520s.

Phrase never a dull moment first recorded 1889 in Jerome K. Jerome's "Three Men in a Boat." Phrase moment of truth first recorded 1932 in Hemingway's "Death in the Afternoon," from Spanish el momento de la verdad, the final sword-thrust in a bull-fight.

同义词辨析

moment, minute, instant

这些名词均含"瞬间，片刻"之意。

moment较minute所表示的时间短，指一刹那或一段很短时间。有时也含持续的意味。

minute：指极短的时间，但可觉察到时间的持续。

instant常与moment换用，指一瞬间，但更侧重时间短促，多用于表示紧迫、瞬变等情况。

考试真题

It can be very hard to forget embarrassing moments, says Donohue.

I remember sitting on a bench with my aunt at a yoga studio, she said, and having a moment of clarity right then and there: Yoga is saving my life.

Consider the current moment in your own life, your team or your organization.

As much as we would like to cling on to our past, even the saddest moments can be washed away with time.

In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.

When your elderly relative needs to enter some sort of long-term care facility—a moment few parents or children approach without fear—what you would like is to have everything made clear.

Even if there is no concrete benefit paid in response to your good deed, at the very least, the doer of the good deed has the opportunity to enjoy a kind of spiritually enlightened moment.

Yet moments like this one are just the kind of intense absorption and pleasure adults spend the rest of their lives seeking.

They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening, and seize opportunities that come up.

The traditional view of such moments is that they constitute a charming but irrelevant byproduct of youth— something to be pushed aside to make room for more important qualities, like perseverance ( ' , 坚持不懈 ), obligation, and practicality.

Modern airplanes have two black boxes: a voice recorder, which tracks pilots' conversations,and a flight-data recorder, which monitors fuel levels, engine noises and other operating functions that help investigators reconstruct the aircraft's final moments.

Substitutions of one gesture for the other often create not only humorous but also embarrassing moment.

And what's more, you use it every day, almost every moment of your life.

Um, anything else that strikes you at the moment?

Actually, I'm on holiday with my family in Thailand at the moment, although I wish it were with my friends instead.

At the moment, we're living much longer.

In that moment of clarity Leah made an important leap, conquering her inner resistance to change and making a firm commitment to take bigger steps.

Now where are you working at the moment?

Take-homes require thoughtful engagement which can lead to longer term stress as there is never a moment when the time is up?

So recently, I’ve looked at young people’s drinking and it’s obviously a major concern to government at the moment.

Mr.De Keyzer, I’m a great lover of your book Moments Before the Flood.

For a moment the other day, she thought she might have hit on a good one.

She never had a moment to herself, she said, because her son was "always in the way"

At the moment candidates are selected on a fairly narrow set of criteria such as prior academic and career performance, and analytical and problem solving abilities.

"You hear that you shouldn't take all these photos and interrupt the experience, and it's bad for you, and we're not living in the present moment," says Kristin Dehl, associate professor of marketing at the University of Southern California Marshall Schoo

All researches agree that close to 25 billion devices, things and sensors will be connected by 2020 which incidentally is also the moment that millennials are expected to make up 75 percent of our overall workforce, and the fully connected home will becom

Bria Dunham, a mother in Somerville, Massachusetts, was so excited to watch a moment of brotherly bonding while her first-grader and baby took a bath together that she snapped a few photos.

But today, on the 10th anniversary of the iPhone, let's take a moment to consider a less obvious advantage: the potential for smartphone technology to revolutionize behavioral science.

For a brief moment during that stage of its life cycle, the tongue consists of two tiny half-tubes before merging into one.

From a political perspective, we need to understand the terms on which major countries like China and the USA might sign up to a global agreement because at the moment we don't have that consensus.

I was hoping I could have a moment of your time if you're not too busy.

It may not seem that way at the moment.

It's funny you ask that because I never have this moment when I feel, "Ah, I've finished!" I watch footballers at the end of the match, you know, the whistle goes and they've won or lost.

Of course, sometimes things happen at the last moment and I don't have a chance.

She suggests downloading the Instant or Moment apps to see how many times you turn on your phone each day.

So recently, I've looked at young people's drinking and it's obviously a major concern to government at the moment.

Until then they've been giving everything they have and at that moment they know it's over.

An assumption behind UK insurance for driverless cars, introduced earlier this year, insists that a human "be watchful and monitoring the road" at every moment.

And at that moment, I made the decision: I will develop and follow a personal growth plan for my life.

At that moment, I remembered that my father once said, " the classroom is a place for learning and that include leaning from textbooks, and mistake as well."

Despite the serious nature of inspections, they resulted in some funny moments.

For example, the moment you get on the airplane, start adjusting your biological clock to the destination's time.

For the people of brussels, this was a defining moment of defining freedom.

From the moment a child is born, they interact with the world, looking at colours, feeding textures; constructing mental and physical images of what they see and experience.

He looked at me for a moment, and then wrote a sentence containing the best advice I've ever had: be bold and brave.

I think it would be satisfaction of enjoying things with others, meaning when you give it to others, whether it's time, attention, a gift, anything, just those moments of sharing.

I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on.

It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what's around them.

It struck me that playing against the other team was a great learning moment for all the girls on the team.

It was on the desk with my book a moment ago.

It was the greatest moment of my daughter's life.

Jackson is not in his office at the moment.

Loe noted, there's a moment when it's bursting with its absolute peak flavor.

Moments of joy suggest that there is still hope ahead.

My eldest son, whose work takes him all over the world, is in New York at the moment.

Science projects waited until the last moment.

So, slow down and think what you really want to do at that moment.

That photo is a reminder, a captured moment, an unspoken conversation between two women, separated only by a thin square of glass.

The heart-stopping moment was quickly followed by mental math.

The moments when I think cooking is a pain are when I'm already hungry and there is nothing ready to eat.

The real problem is that some pedestrians seem to be, at least for the moment, in worlds of their own that are, to them, much more important than the welfare of others.

Then came the moment—the time to share the day's new learning.

There were moments of frustration of course: often she would be the last swimmer in the race.

These were the real deal- and at that moment, I realized that the best part of sarasota in winter was going to be eating things that back home in New York I wouldn't be experiencing again for months.

sexual confusion, economic frustrations , and religious hope-all name together in a decisive moment when he opened the Bible, told his father the first line he saw would settle his fate, and read the magical words:.

Rather than concluding that children make parents either happy or miserable, Senior suggests we need to redefine happiness: instead of thinking of it as something that can be measured by moment-to-moment joy, we should consider being happy as a past-tense condition.

Even though the day-to-day experience of raising kids can be soul-crushingly hard, Senior writes that “the very things that in the moment dampen our moods can later be sources of intense gratification and delight.

Think of those fleeting moments when you look out of an aeroplane window and realise that you are flying, higher than a bird.

Take a moment or two to wonder at those marvels.

Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

It allows us to see the beauty that surrounds us each moment in nature,in culture,in the flow of our daily lives.

As you will come to see ,knowing that mental heath is always available and knowing to trust it allow us to slow down to the moment and live life happily.

With Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.

Almost everyone who was interviewed for this special report said that the biggest problem at the moment is not a lack of demand but a lack of good work to sell.

Conversations are links, which means when you have a conversation with a new person a link gets formed and every conversation you have after that moment will strengthen the link.

Happiness is not a point future and not a moment from the past, but a mindset that can be designed into the present.

However, even though it's common, it's important to keep in mind that in a single moment of fatigue, you can say something to your child that you may regret for a long time.

If we know we will overreact to consumer products or housing options when we see a happy face, we can take a moment before buying.

If you are surrounded by problems and cannot stop thinking about the past, try to focus on the present moment.

More difficult, in the moment, is discerning precisely how these lean times are affecting society's character.

More than half of all British scientific research is now published under open access terms: either freely available from the moment of publication, or paywalled for a year or more so that the publishers can make a profit before being placed on general rel

Scientists have found that although we are prone to snap overreactions, if we take a moment and think about how we are likely to react, we can reduce or even eliminate the negative effects of our quick, hard-wired responses.

Their reactions may be a complex combination of instant reflexes, input from past driving experiences, and what their eyes and ears tell them in that moment.

Thinking of time as a resource to be maximized means you approach it instrumentally, judging any given moment as well spent only in so far as it advances progress toward some goal.

Value the present moment and remember how fortunate you are to be alive.

We suddenly can't remember where we put the keys just a moment ago, or an old acquaintance's name, or the name of an old band we used to love.

with Britain voting to leave the European Union, and GDP already predicted to slow as a result, it is now a timely moment to assess what he was referring to.

词组搭配

any moment (或 at any moment)

very soon

马上，任何一刻，随时

at the (或 this) moment

for the moment

for now

暂时；目前

have one's (或 its) moments

have short periods that are better or more impressive than others

也有走红（或得意、出风头、显赫等）的时刻

I had my moments in the game.
我也曾在赛场上名噪一时。

in a moment

very soon

不久，一会儿

I'll be back in a moment.
我一会儿就回来。

instantly

立即，马上

the fugitive was captured in a moment.
逃亡者马上就被抓住了。

live for the moment

live or act without worrying about the future

得过且过，过一天算一天

the moment ——

as soon as ——

一…（就…）

the heavens opened the moment we left the house.
我们一离开家就下起倾盆大雨。

moment of truth

a time when a person or thing is tested, a decision has to be made, or a crisis has to be faced

严峻考验时刻；紧要关头

not a moment too soon

almost too late

几乎为时已晚

not for a (或 one) moment

not at all; never

决不，从来没有

of the moment

currently popular, famous, or important

当前流行（或出名、重要）的

the buzzword of the moment.
现时的时髦词。

one moment (或 just a moment)

a request for someone to wait for a short period of time, especially to allow the speaker to do or say something

稍等片刻，稍候

实用场景例句

Could you wait a moment , please?: 请您稍等一下，好吗？

One moment, please (= Please wait a short time) .: 请稍候！

He thought for a moment before replying.: 他想了一下才回答。

I'll be back in a moment .: 我一会儿就回来。

We arrived not a moment too soon (= almost too late) .: 我们到得一点也不早。

Moments later (= a very short time later) , I heard a terrible crash.: 过了一会儿，我听到一声可怕的撞击声。

We're busy at the moment (= now) .: 我们这会儿很忙。

I agreed in a moment of weakness.: 我一时心软就答应了。

At that very moment , the phone rang.: 就在那时，电话铃响了。

From that moment on , she never felt really well again.: 从那时候开始，她就再也没真正好受过。

I'm waiting for the right moment to tell him the bad news.: 我得找个适当的时机告诉他这个坏消息。

That was one of the happiest moments of my life.: 那是我一生中最快乐的一段时光。

In a moment he was gone...: 一转眼他就不见了。

She stared at him a moment, then turned away...: 她凝视他片刻，然后转过脸去。

At this moment a car stopped at the house...: 就在这时，一辆轿车在房前停下了。

Many people still remember the moment when they heard that President Kennedy had been assassinated.: 很多人仍然记得听到肯尼迪总统遇刺的那一刻。

They ran the risk of being shot at any moment...: 他们冒着随时会中弹的危险。

He'll be here to see you any moment now.: 他马上就会来这儿看你。

At the moment, no one is talking to me...: 此刻没人跟我说话。

This is being planned at the present moment...: 目前这件事正在计划中。

I don't for a moment think there'll be a divorce.: 我从来没想过将来会离婚。

For the moment, however, the government is happy to live with it.: 不过目前政府对此还乐于容忍。

The film has its moments...: 这部电影有其吸引人之处。

He's not the thoroughly outgoing character you'd predict, although he has his moments.: 虽然他也有活泼的时候，但他并非如你所想的那么外向。

They changed their minds at the last moment and refused to go.: 他们在最后一刻改变主意，决定不去了。

The next moment there was an almighty crash...: 接着发生了剧烈的撞击。

He is unpredictable, weeping one moment, laughing the next.: 他喜怒无常，一会儿哭，一会儿笑。

He's the man of the moment, isn't he?: 他现在很红，不是吗？

He calls it a 'contraption', using his favourite word of the moment.: 他用了眼下他最喜欢说的“玩意儿”一词来称呼它。

The moment I closed my eyes, I fell asleep.: 我闭上眼睛就睡着了。