| صيغ مركبة: |
| الإنجليزية | العربية |
any minute,
any moment adv | informal (without warning) | في أية لحظة |
| The old house looked like it could collapse any minute. |
| Bill should arrive any moment to give us a ride to the airport. |
at any minute,
at any moment expr | (without warning) | في أية لحظة، في أية دقيقة |
| The city is built across a fault line, so an earthquake could strike at any minute. |
at that moment,
at that instant adv | (at a specified instant in the past) | في تلك اللحظة |
| At that moment, I realized that she truly loved me. |
| I was about to tell her, but at that instant the phone rang. |
| at the moment adv | (now) | في الوقت الحاضر، الآن |
| I'm busy at the moment, but we can talk later. |
| at this moment expr | (now) | الآن، في هذه اللحظة |
| I am having my lunch at this moment. |
| at this moment in time expr | (now, at present) | في هذه اللحظة من الزمن، في الوقت الحالي |
| I am not studying English at this moment in time. |
| bending moment | (physics) (في الفيزياء) | عَزْم الثني، عَزْم الانحناء |
blond moment (US),
blonde moment (UK) n | pejorative, potentially offensive, informal (moment of stupidity) | لحظة حماقة، لحظة غباوة |
| ملاحظة: قد تجد أقرب مرادف للتعبير الإنجليزي بالعامية نظرًا لاختلاف الأسلوب بين الفصحى والعامية. |
| Oops, sorry. I was just having a blonde moment. |
| critical moment n | (vitally important point in time) | لحظة حاسمة |
| The referee's decision to award a penalty was a critical moment in the game. |
| crowning moment n | (most glorious moment) | أهمّ لحظة |
| Receiving his eighth gold medal was the crowning moment of his life. |
| decisive moment n | (moment of crucial importance) | اللحظة الحاسمة |
| We have reached the decisive moment in the peace talks. |
| defining moment n | (key point in time) | لحظة حاسمة، لحظة فارقة |
| for a moment adv | (for a very short time) | للحظة |
| I almost believed you for a moment then! |
| for the moment adv | (for now) | في الوقت الحاضر |
| Well, I think we're OK for the moment. |
| from that moment on adv | (starting from that point) | من تلك اللحظة فصاعدًا |
| She kissed him, and from that moment on he knew she would some day be his wife. |
| from this moment on expr | (starting from this point) | من هذه اللحظة فصاعداً |
| From this moment on I will think before I act. |
| have a moment v expr | UK, informal (briefly act out of character) | يخرج قليلاً عن طوره |
| I'm sorry I snapped at you. It wasn't your fault; I was just having a moment. |
| have a senior moment v expr | informal (be forgetful, confused) | ينسى أشياء كالعجائز |
| in a moment adv | (a short while from now) | بعد قليل |
| Just wait a second, I'll be there in a moment. |
| in the heat of the moment expr | (in anger, passion) | في نوبة غضب، في لحظة انفعال |
| The couple lost all common sense in the heat of the moment. |
| in the moment adj | (mindful) | يعيش اللحظة |
| in the moment adv | (without thought of past or future) | اللحظة، في اللحظة الحالية |
| Buddhism teaches that we should learn to live in the moment and not be overcome by regrets or desires. |
| من تعاليم البوذية أنه علينا أن نتعلّم عيش اللحظة وألا التحسرات أو الرغبات تغلبنا. |
| moment by moment expr | (from one moment to the next) | لحظة فلحظة |
| moment of truth n | (revelation) | اتّضاح الحقيقة |
| I had a moment of truth when I realised he had been deceiving me. |
| moment of truth n | (when [sth] is shown to be success or failure) | اللحظة الحاسمة، لحظة الحقيقة |
| Now is the moment of truth when we will find out whether this aeroplane will fly or not. |
on short notice,
at short notice,
on a moment's notice,
at a moment's notice adv | (with little warning) (قبل وقت قصير جدًّا) | في آخر لحظة |
| Her appointment was cancelled on short notice. |
| I'm sorry to ask you on such short notice, but I only found out about this yesterday. |
| أُلغي موعدها في آخر لحظة. |
| on the spur of the moment expr | (spontaneously) | ارتجالاً، فجأة |
| We decided to go to Las Vegas on the spur of the moment. |
| proud moment n | (moment when pride is felt) | لحظة اعتزاز |
| It was a proud moment for them when their son received his degree. |
| senior moment n | informal (memory lapse) | لحظة نسيان |
| Tania couldn't help noticing that senior moments were becoming an ever more frequent part of her life. |
| spur-of-the-moment n as adj | (decision, etc.: spontaneous) | عفويّ، مرتجل، بدون سابق تخطيط |
| Leanne and Steve hadn't planned to get married that day; it was a spur-of-the-moment decision. |
