instance, example
这两个词都有“例子”或“实例”的意思,常可互换使用。例如:
He cited examples〔instances〕 in order to prove his statement.他举例证明自己的说法。它们之间的区别是:
1.example主要指在同类事物中举出一个具有代表性、典型性的“例子”,有“通例”的意思; instance则常指用一个单独的事实作为“例子”来说明一种广泛的道理或结论。例如:
She could quote hundreds of these examples.她可以举出许多这样的例证来。
You can't rely on her:for instance, she arrived an hour late for an important meeting yesterday.她这个人靠不住。举例说吧,昨天一个重要会议她就迟到了一个小时。
2.example通常多用于教育中,而instance则不一定。
Isolated instances do not count.
个别情况不算数.
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In many instances isocyanates react vigorously with water, alcohols, and amines.
在许多情况下异氰酸酯同水, 醇和胺发生猛烈的反应.
辞典例句
The professor cited several instances of insubordinate behavior.
教授引用数个反抗行为的例证。
辞典例句
I can cite quite a few instances to illustrate.
我可以举出好几件事来说明.
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Instances such as these are extremely common.
诸如此类的事例俯拾皆是.
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There have been numerous instances of excessive force on the part of security police.
治安警察滥用武力的实例不胜枚举。
——柯林斯例句
He remembered instances in which defaulters had been captured.
他想起一些盗用公款的罪犯被捉拿归案的例子.
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The report highlights a number of instances of injustice.
这篇报道重点列举了一些不公正的实例。
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Let me take two crucial instances, Hamburg and Berlin.
我要举两个关键的例子, 汉堡和柏林.
演讲部分
It instances in a great author.
这是从一位大作家的作品里获得例证的.
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There are many instances of good people and good deeds in our factory.
我们厂里,好人好事的例子很多.
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In some instances mass or volume may be determined.
在某些场合中,质量或体积可以被测定出来.
辞典例句
Give two instances in point — that will suffice.
给两个恰当的例子就够了.
《简明英汉词典》
Land is, in most instances, purchased by those who occupy it.
在大多数情况下，土地都是由其使用者购得。
柯林斯例句
Such instances are few.
这样的事不多.
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