1. 即刻性：前者以随时 性(immanency)为生活动因,后者以即刻性(immediacy)为 生活动因 ,二 者虽 甚相似,但大不相同. 我们也尽 本份作好公民,从事文化、 改良社会,关 注伦理的败落 ......等等. 我们并 不需要放下一切迎接基督的再来,

1. 即时性;紧迫性
    The immediacy of an event or situation is the quality that it has which makes it seem important or exciting because it is happening at the present time.

    e.g. Do they understand the immediacy of the crisis?...
           他们明白危机的紧迫性吗？
    e.g. The books that result have intensity and a fascinating immediacy, far beyond that of ordinary narrative.
           结果写出来的书情节紧张，矛盾冲突强烈,令人欲罢不能,效果与使用普通的叙事手法大为不同。

1. lack of an intervening or mediating agency

    e.g. the immediacy of television coverage

    Synonym: immediateness

2. the quickness of action or occurrence

    e.g. the immediacy of their response
           the instancy of modern communication

    Synonym: immediatenessinstantaneousnessinstancy

3. immediate intuitive awareness

    Synonym: immediate apprehension