But when it is a bad plant, one must destroy it as soon as possible, the very first instant that one recognizes it.

如果是一棵坏苗，在辨认出来它的那一刻，就应该尽快把它拔掉。

She had wanted him, in that first instant, wanted him as simply and unreasoningly as she wanted food to eat, horses to ride and a soft bed on which to lay herself.

就在这最初一刹那，她觉得她需要他，像要东西吃，买马匹，要温软的床睡觉那样简单，那样说不出原因地需要他。

But they got through the Act with great self-possession; and Mr. Sleary, saving for the first instant, conveyed no more expression into his locomotive eye than into his fixed one.

但是他们非常镇定地通过了该法案；斯利里先生先是一愣，他机车般的眼睛和固定的眼睛一样，没有更多的表情。