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了。

So, with this expression, you can also say " a moment in the sun" .

所以，在这个表达中，你也可以说" a moment in the sun " （顷刻）。

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.

这再简单不过的工具，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。

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

他为这个冠军头衔付出的巨大努力在顷刻消失了。

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

士兵们顷刻停止了射击，每一个人都在焦虑万分地聆听。

Roofs went crashing in ruin, burying hundreds who had hoped to survive the eruption.

屋顷刻倒塌，将希望躲过火山喷发的几百人埋在废墟下。

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，消失不见了。

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了她，使她的眼睛也酸痛了，就好像看见有人毫地虐待了一个孩子一样。

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，就被一团浓密的、令人眼花缭乱的雪覆盖住了，雪在他们周围旋转，顷刻把周围的景色都遮住了。

Then suddenly somebody started singing " Orgy-porgy" and, in a moment, they had all caught up the refrain and, singing, had begun to dance.

这时有人开始唱起了“欢快呀淋漓”。顷刻大家都唱起了那句复句，唱着唱着又跳起舞来。

She ran down the stairs, a streak of black hair and white skin, coming to a sudden and graceful stop in front of me.

她跑下楼梯，只见一阵黑发雪肤的幻影，顷刻她已优雅地出现在我面前。

Husbands may divorce their wives in moments in front of a civil servant, but women endure lengthy court proceedings to do the same.

到相关的政府人员面前，丈夫顷刻便可以跟妻子离婚，但是女性必须通过漫长的法院程序来做同样的事情。

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了视线，气都喘不上来了。

You know, sometimes wildfires happen at the flip of a hat and sometimes, you know, they're kind of burning for a while.

有时野火发生在顷刻，有时野火已燃烧了一会儿。

" He's done it! Now, we'll all sit here till midnight" . In an instant, the somnolence had fled from the lounging throng and something electric went snapping through the air.

这想，我们都得在这里坐到半夜去了。" 顷刻，瞌睡从懒洋洋的人群中逃夭夭，一种像电流般敏感的东西迅速掠过周围。

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

顷刻，整个蜂群飞了出来，落在他身上，叮了他一百多处。

And it sold out in seconds, but the theater reserved a few amazing house seats for an online lottery.

票在顷刻就卖光了，但是剧院保留了一些很棒的座位，可以网上抽签获取。

Remember that climbing on rocks and in caves can destroy in a moment what has lasted for centuries.

记住，爬到岩石上或到洞穴里可能会在顷刻毁掉长存数世纪的文物。

This instantly puts you in a position of emotional control and reveals what's really causing your distress.

顷刻，让你处于情绪控制的位置，揭示出真正导致你痛苦的原因。