instance
中文来自 ECDICT
- n.
- 建议，情况，例子，场合
- vt.
- 引以为例，举例说明
演变路径（由近及远）
词源说明
Borrowed from Middle French instance, from Latin īnstantia (“a being near, presence, also perseverance, earnestness, importunity, urgency”), from īnstāns (“urgent”); see instant.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- (obsolete) Urgency of manner or words; an urgent request; insistence. [14th–20th c.]
- (obsolete) A token; a sign; a symptom or indication.
- (obsolete) That which is urgent; motive.
- (obsolete) A piece of evidence; a proof or sign (of something). [16th–18th c.]
- An occasion; an order of occurrence.
- A case offered as an exemplification