immediate

形容词 immediate:

1. very close or connected in space or time
   同义词：contiguous
2. having no intervening medium
3. immediately before or after as in a chain of cause and effect
4. of the present time and place
5. performed with little or no delay
   同义词：prompt, quick, straightaway

1. Her arrest produced an immediate reaction from the press.
   她被捕的事立刻在新闻界引起反应。
2. This work demands your immediate attention.
   这件工作急需你立即处理。
3. There's no post office in the immediate neighbourhood.
   附近没有邮局。

im.me.di.ate

adj.（形容词）
Occurring at once; instant:
立刻的：立刻发生的；立即的：
例句：
gave me an immediate response.
马上给我答复

Of or near the present time:
即将的：现在的，或接近现在的：
例句：
in the immediate future.
在不远的将来

Of or relating to the present time and place; current:
目前的：和当时当地有关的；当前的：
例句：
.It is probable that, apart from the most immediate, pragmatic, technical revisions, the writer`s effort to detach himself from his work is quixotic.(Joyce Carol Oates)
.除了最当前的、实用的，技术性的修改外，作者使他自己远离作品的努力有可能是不切实际的.(乔伊丝·卡罗尔·奥茨)

Close at hand; near:
临近的，紧邻的：
例句：
in the immediate vicinity.See Synonyms at close
在临近的地区参见 close

Next in line or relation:
后继的，下个的：在队列或联系中最近的：
例句：
is an immediate successor to the president of the company.
公司总裁最近的继承者

Directly apprehended or perceived:
直觉的：直接理解或认识到的：
例句：
had immediate awareness of the scope of the crisis.
对危机的范围有直接的认识

Acting or occurring without the interposition of another agency or object; direct.
直接的，无中介的：没有另外一个媒介或物体介入就发生或产生的；直接的

来源：
Middle English immediat
中古英语 immediat
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Late Latin immedi3tus
源自 后期拉丁语 immedi3tus
Latin in- [not] * see in-
拉丁语 in- [不] *参见 in-
medi3tus [past participle of] medi3re [to be in the middle] * see mediate
medi3tus [] medi3re的过去分词 [在中间的] *参见 mediate

【引伸】
imme.diateness
n.（名词）