区别辨析 immediately, the moment, the minute, the instant 与 the second

(1) 在英式英语中,immediately可以用作连接词,引出时间状语从句,意思是“一……就……”,相当于as soon as...。

  • Tell me immediately you have any news.
    你一有消息就告诉我。
  • I knew something was wrong immediately I arrived.
    我刚到那儿就知道事情不对。

 (2) the moment, the minute, the instant, the second不论在英式英语还是美式英语中,都可以用作连接词,意思与immediately相同。

  • Do telephone me the moment you get the results.
    你一得到结果就给我打电话。
  • I loved you the instant I saw you.
    我对你一见钟情。
  • The enemy plane was shot down the moment it intruded into our air space.
    敌机一侵入我们领空就被击落了。