in a trice

基本解釋

At literary parties, tiddly in a trice, she could be the life and soul, mistaking the queen for Vera Lynn loudly and to her face, or inviting men to join her under the piano.
在文學聚會上，頃刻之間，她便成為中心人物，大聲的說她曾誤將女王當做薇拉·林恩，或者邀請男人與她共同彈琴。
To cap it all, NATO, in its frustration at failing to remove the regime in a trice, is killing civilians—the very crime it was meant, under UN Security Council Resolution 1973, to prevent.
在北約瞬間摧毀拉扎菲政權的計劃失敗后，北約開始殺害平民，犯下了極其嚴重的罪行，這也違反了聯(lián)合國安理會第1973號決議中關于保護平民的規(guī)定。
Around 90% of the energy was not light but heat, as anyone changing a bulb too readily would discover in a trice.
大約90%的能量不是用于發(fā)光而是發(fā)熱，任何一個換燈泡的人都能非常容易地立刻發(fā)覺。

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