instance

1. PHRASE You use for instance to introduce a particular event, situation, or person that is an example of what you are talking about. 例如

In sub-Saharan Africa today, for instance, gross investment accounts for roughly 15% of national income. 例如，在如今的撒哈拉以南的非洲國(guó)家，總投資大約占國(guó)民收入的15％。

2. N-COUNT An instance is a particular example or occurrence of something. 例子

...an investigation into a serious instance of corruption. …對(duì)一例嚴(yán)重腐敗事件的調(diào)查。

3. PHRASE You say in the first instance to mention something that is the first step in a series of actions. 首先[非正式]

In the first instance your child will be seen by an ear, nose and throat specialist. 你的孩子首先要由耳鼻喉專(zhuān)家診查。