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[动]
（靠近； 接触）approach; reach; be near
within sight but beyond reach
可望而不可即
（到； 开始从事） assume; undertake
ascend the throne
即位
（就着） prompted by the occasion
impromptu
即兴
[书]（表示判断： 就是） be; mean; namely
The Spring Festival is the lunar New Year.
春节即农历新年。
It must be either this or that.
非此即彼。
The Yuan Dynasty established its capital in Dadu, now Beijing.
元代建都于大都，即今之北京。
The railroad connects two cities, namely, New York and Chicago.
这条铁路连接两个城市，即纽约与芝加哥。
[形]
（当下； 目前） the same (day, etc.); immediate; at present; in the immediate future
this very day
即日
right now; at this very moment
即今
Success is in sight.
成功在即。
[副]
[书] （就； 便） promptly; at once
get up as soon as it dawns
黎明即起
correct one's mistake as soon as it is pointed out
闻过即改
be on call at any hour
招之即来
[连]
[书] （即使） even; even if
[名]
（姓氏） a surname
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