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例子,事例,实例;场合,情况举…为例,引证;用例子说明
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Instance \In"stance\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Instanced}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Instancing}.]
To mention as a case or example; to refer to; to cite; as, to
instance a fact. --H. Spenser.
I shall not instance an abstruse author. --Milton.
Instance \In"stance\, v. i.
To give an example. [Obs.]
This story doth not only instance in kingdoms, but in
families too. --Jer. Taylor.
Instance \In"stance\, n. [F. instance, L. instantia, fr.
instans. See {Instant}.]
1. The act or quality of being instant or pressing; urgency;
solicitation; application; suggestion; motion.
Undertook at her instance to restore them. --Sir W.
Scott.
2. That which is instant or urgent; motive. [Obs.]
The instances that second marriage move Are base
respects of thrift, but none of love. --Shak.
3. Occasion; order of occurrence.
These seem as if, in the time of Edward I., they
were drawn up into the form of a law, in the first
instance. --Sir M. Hale.
4. That which offers itself or is offered as an illustrative
case; something cited in proof or exemplification; a case
occurring; an example.
Most remarkable instances of suffering. --Atterbury.
5. A token; a sign; a symptom or indication. --Shak.
{Causes of instance}, those which proceed at the solicitation
of some party. --Hallifax.
{Court of first instance}, the court by which a case is first
tried.
{For instance}, by way of example or illustration.
{Instance Court} (Law), the Court of Admiralty acting within
its ordinary jurisdiction, as distinguished from its
action as a prize court.
Syn: Example; case. See {Example}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
instance
n 1: an occurrence of something; "it was a case of bad judgment";
"another instance occurred yesterday"; "but there is
always the famous example of the Smiths" [syn: {case}, {example}]
2: an item of information that is representative of a type;
"this patient provides a typical example of the syndrome";
"there is an example on page 10" [syn: {example}, {illustration},
{representative}]
v : clarify by giving an example of [syn: {exemplify}, {illustrate}]
资料来源 : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
instance
An individual {object} of a certain {class}.
While a class is just the type definition, an actual usage of
a class is called "instance". Each instance of a class can
have different values for its {instance variables}, i.e. its
{state}.
(1998-03-06)