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instantiate

英 [ɪn'stænʃɪeɪt] 美[ɪns'tænʃɪet]
  • vt. 例示,举例说明

英英释意


1. represent by an instance;
"This word instantiates the usage that the linguists claimed to be typical for a certain dialect"
2. find an instance of (a word or particular usage of a word);
"The linguists could not instantiate this sense of the noun that he claimed existed in a certain dialect"