英 [ˈmomənts] 美 [ˈmoʊmənts]
n. 片刻（moment 复数形式）
moment /ˈməʊmənt/ CET4 TEM4
可数名词 You can refer to a very short period of time, for example a few seconds, as a moment or moments. 瞬间
In a moment he was gone.
不一会儿他就不见了。
In moments, I was asleep once more.
很快，我又睡着了。
可数名词 A particular moment is the point in time at which something happens. 时刻
At this moment a car stopped at the house.
就在此时，一辆汽车停在那座房子前。
习语 If you say that something will or may happen at any moment or any moment now, you are emphasizing that it is likely to happen very soon. 随时
He'll be here to see you any moment now.
他随时会来这里看你。
习语 You use expressions such as at the moment, at this moment, and at the present moment to indicate that a particular situation exists at the time when you are speaking. 此刻
At the moment, no one is talking to me.
此刻没人和我说话。
He's touring South America at this moment in time.
他此刻正在周游南美。
习语 You use for the moment to indicate that something is true now, even if it will not be true in the future. 至少目前
For the moment, a potential crisis appears to have been averted.
至少目前，一个潜在的危机好像已被避免了。
习语 If you say that someone or something has their moments, you are indicating that there are times when they are successful or interesting, but that this does not happen very often. 有成功或吸引人的时刻
The film has its moments.
这部电影有它走红的时候。
习语 If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible. 最后一刻
They changed their minds at the last moment and refused to go.
他们在最后一刻改变了主意，拒绝前往。
习语 You use the expression the next moment, or expressions such as "one moment he was there, the next he was gone," to emphasize that something happens suddenly, especially when it is very different from what was happening before. 紧接着
He is unpredictable, weeping one moment, laughing the next.
他令人难以捉摸，一会儿哭，一会儿笑。
习语 You use of the moment to describe someone or something that is or was especially popular at a particular time, especially when you want to suggest that their popularity is unlikely to last long or did not last long. 当前红极一时的 (尤指这种受欢迎的情况不会持续很久)
He's the man of the moment, isn't he?
他是当前的红人，对吧？
习语 If you say that something happens the moment something else happens, you are emphasizing that it happens immediately after the other thing. 一…就
The moment I closed my eyes, I fell asleep.
我一闭上眼睛就睡着了。
spur of the moment→seespur
having important effects or influence
virtue is of more moment that security
同义词： consequence / import
a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
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时期
环节，契机
契机
瞬间-引用次数：13
The moment is the start and the end of photography. It is a special performance way of coagulating the art idea of photograph.
瞬间是摄影活动的出发点和归结点,是凝聚摄影者艺术意象的特殊表现方式。
参考来源用相机评价世界
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片刻（moment复数形式）
Then came those magic moments in the rose garden.
接着就是玫瑰园里的魔力时刻。
After a few moments' consideration, he began to speak.
他想了片刻后开始讲话。
The film has its moments.
这部电影有它走红的时候。
"If you surrender completely to the moments as they pass, you live more richly in those moments."
VOA : special.2009.06.28
We all know about "Liebestod" in "Tristan and Isolde," the moments of death in literature which obviously are sexually charged.
我们都知道李斯特创作的《崔斯坦和伊索德》中“,文学中的死亡瞬间由性管控。
文学理论导论课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
So, that's present in all of these moments, but--equally present-- I want to get back to this sense of blankness.
所以它在这些时候都被呈现了出来，而且是同等地呈现了出来-,让我们回头看看,这种空无一物的感觉。
1945年后的美国小说课程节选 : 耶鲁公开课
Listen for a few moments as Warren Scheer reads the beginning of Chaucer's famous "Canterbury Tales."
VOA : special.2011.01.05
Several rushed to his aid. Moments later it was clear that Joshua Norton was dead.
VOA : special.2009.12.14
And we want to explain those sublime moments, when we seem to be transported beyond our ordinary concerns.
They listened as prosecutor Jonathan Ashley-Norman described the moments leading up to the incident on 3 December 2005.
BBC: Network Rail fined ?1m over girls' level crossing deaths
Watching sumo, among the most amusing moments is the post-match interview with the winner.