一眼就能看懂
把『中間沒有空檔』從鐘錶上的時間，搬到理解的過程：看到和懂之間不必經過思考的中介，當下就接上了。
easily seen or understood at once · r · A2
In a way that can be seen or understood very easily, in phrases like 'immediately obvious'.
一眼就…、馬上能
核心畫面
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.
可以想成兩樣東西貼在一起，中間什麼都沒有——沒有空隙、沒有中介、沒有等待。immediately 給的就是這種「中間…更多收起
可以想成兩樣東西貼在一起，中間什麼都沒有——沒有空隙、沒有中介、沒有等待。immediately 給的就是這種「中間是空的、直接接上」的感覺：下一件事緊緊壓著上一件，可以是時間上、空間上、或關係上的緊貼。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'
From the picture
空間上緊鄰
把『中間沒有東西』從時間軸換到空間：兩個位置之間不夾任何別的東西，緊緊挨著。
very near (immediately behind) · r · A2
Very near to something, in phrases like 'immediately behind' or 'immediately in front of'.
緊鄰、就在…旁邊
關係上直接相關
再把『沒有中介』用到關係上：兩件事之間不隔著別人別事，是直接、第一手地牽連在一起。
very closely (immediately involved) · r · A2
Very closely, in phrases like 'immediately involved' or 'immediately affected'.
直接地、密切地
Also in this word
without delay · r · A2
Without any delay; right now or right after something.
立刻
very soon before or after · r · A2
Very soon before or after something, with almost no time in between.
緊接著、就在…前後
as soon as · conjunction · A2
As soon as; used to join two actions that happen one right after the other.
一…就…
原始詞典資料3 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，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.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。