Dragonflies and swallows and nighthawks seine the air where the minute winged creatures flit out their minute life spans.

蜻蜓、燕子和夜鹰在天空中像围网似地捕食，而极小的有翼动物在空中轻快地飞来飞去，顷刻其想暂的生命便结束。

It's the simplest tool that you can imagine, but it means that suddenly Allison can help the people who actually need it and help everyone else get back to their lives.

再简单不过的工具，却能顷刻让爱丽森能够帮助真正需要援手的人们，协助其他人回归正道。

It bit like fire, and the next instant was gone.

感觉像被火燎一下似的，但顷刻种感觉便消失。

In an instant the title that he had worked so hard for was gone.

他为个冠军头衔付出的巨大努力在顷刻消失。

For a moment they ceased firing, and every soul listened with intense anxiety.

士兵们顷刻停止射击，每一个人都在焦虑万分地聆听。

So, suddenly, everybody knew that child existed with a solvable problem.

所以，顷刻，所有人都知道那个孩子存在的问题是可以解决的。

At once, the glowing beliefs that rooted it dimmed and fell away.

顷刻，扎根于其上的信念褪去光芒，消失不见。

Instantly a passion of tenderness, of grief for his humiliation swamped her, made her eyes sting. It was as though someone had been senselessly brutal to a child.

顷刻一种因他受侮辱而引起的悲伤与怜惜的感情压倒她，使她的眼睛也酸痛，像看见有人毫无理智地虐待一个孩子一样。

Almost before they could draw a breath, it was upon them, a dense, blinding mass of snow, which whirled about them and blotted out the landscape in a flash.

他们几乎还没来得及喘口气，被一团浓密的、令人眼花缭乱的雪覆盖住，雪在他们周围旋转，顷刻把周围的景色都遮住。

For an instant, the horses dashed madly forward; beast and rider blinded and stifled by the gushing rain, and gasping for breath.

顷刻，马儿发疯似的向前猛冲，不论马儿还是骑马的行路人都被瓢泼大雨遮挡住视线，气都喘不上来。

In an instant the whole swarm flew out, and alighting upon him stung him in a hundred different places.

顷刻，整个蜂群飞出来，落在他身上，叮他一百多处。

He glanced around at them all; they had their wands out and looked suddenly serious and anxious.

他环视一眼其他人，他们都已经拿出魔杖，顷刻显得既严肃又迫切。

For one short instant, it was as though the sun had ducked behind a cool cloud, leaving the world in shadow, taking the color out of things.

顷刻太阳仿佛钻到一团冷酷的乌云背后去。世界陷入黑影之中，万物都失去光彩。

Earthquakes are sudden, unpredictable disasters that have drowned cities in an instant.

地震是突如其来的、无法预料的灾难，能在顷刻淹没城市。

And it just started downpouring like crazy.

顷刻，暴雨如注，疯狂倾泻。

Already, Demeter can see the carpet of fiery orange petals in the near distance.

顷刻，德墨忒尔已能望见不远处那片炽烈的橙色花瓣铺的地毯。

In an instant, the guidelines leading them back to the surface are useless.

顷刻，那些引导他们返回水面的指引变得毫无用处。

Instantly, I knew that something was going to happen between us.

顷刻，我意识到我们之将发生些什么。

In a moment, the conversation about women's health has changed everything.

顷刻，关于女性健康的对话彻底改变局面。

My house, which I built 40 years ago, was gone in a moment.

我40年前建造的房子，顷刻化为乌有。