Picture two things touching with absolutely nothing in between — no gap, no go-between, no delay. 'Immediately' is that 'nothing in the middle' feeling: the next thing presses right up against the first, in time, in space, or in connection.
From the word’s history
From Latin 'im-' (not) + 'medius' (middle): 'with nothing in the middle'. That 'no middle' picture underlies every modern sense — no gap in time, in space, or between things.
源自拉丁文 im-（沒有）+ medius（中間），合起來是「中間沒有東西」。這個『沒有中間』的畫面貫穿了現代各個用法——時間沒有空檔、空間沒有間隔、事物之間沒有中介。
Online Etymology Dictionary (etymonline.com), entry 'immediate'
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原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
immediatelyadv/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/
- 1
In an immediate manner; instantly or without delay.
- I hope we can begin immediately.
- His unruly hair was slicked down with water, and as Jessamy introduced him to Miss Brindle his face assumed a cherubic innocence which would immediately have aroused the suspicions of anyone who knew him.
- 2
Without any intervening time or space.
- A tri-tone chime whistle, operated from the cab by a flexible cable passing down the right hand handrail, is mounted on the top of the smokebox immediately behind the chimney.
immediatelyconj/ɪˈmiː.di.ət.li/
- 1
As soon as, the moment that.
- Near-synonym: once
- My dog is an open book: immediately he smelled our dinner, he grew more interested in our activities.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary，已精簡格式；依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用，改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。