形容詞 immediate:

1. very close or connected in space or time
   同義詞：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
   同義詞：prompt, quick, straightaway

1. Her arrest produced an immediate reaction from the press.
   她被捕的事立刻在新聞界引起反應(yīng)。
2. This work demands your immediate attention.
   這件工作急需你立即處理。
3. There's no post office in the immediate neighbourhood.
   附近沒有郵局。

im.me.di.ate

adj.（形容詞）
Occurring at once; instant:
立刻的：立刻發(fā)生的；立即的：
例句：
gave me an immediate response.
馬上給我答復(fù)

Of or near the present time:
即將的：現(xiàn)在的，或接近現(xiàn)在的：
例句：
in the immediate future.
在不遠(yuǎn)的將來

Of or relating to the present time and place; current:
目前的：和當(dāng)時(shí)當(dāng)?shù)赜嘘P(guān)的；當(dāng)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)
.除了最當(dāng)前的、實(shí)用的，技術(shù)性的修改外，作者使他自己遠(yuǎn)離作品的努力有可能是不切實(shí)際的.(喬伊絲·卡羅爾·奧茨)

Close at hand; near:
臨近的，緊鄰的：
例句：
in the immediate vicinity.See Synonyms at close
在臨近的地區(qū)參見 close

Next in line or relation:
后繼的，下個的：在隊(duì)列或聯(lián)系中最近的：
例句：
is an immediate successor to the president of the company.
公司總裁最近的繼承者

Directly apprehended or perceived:
直覺的：直接理解或認(rèn)識到的：
例句：
had immediate awareness of the scope of the crisis.
對危機(jī)的范圍有直接的認(rèn)識

Acting or occurring without the interposition of another agency or object; direct.
直接的，無中介的：沒有另外一個媒介或物體介入就發(fā)生或產(chǎn)生的；直接的

來源：
Middle English immediat
中古英語 immediat
from Old French
源自 古法語
from Late Latin immedi3tus
源自 后期拉丁語 immedi3tus
Latin in- [not] * see in-
拉丁語 in- [不] *參見 in-
medi3tus [past participle of] medi3re [to be in the middle] * see mediate
medi3tus [] medi3re的過去分詞 [在中間的] *參見 mediate

【引伸】
imme.diateness
n.（名詞）