He thought for a moment before replying.

他想了一下才回答。

《牛津词典》

She stood in the doorway for a moment before going in.

她在门口站了一会儿才进去。

《牛津词典》

Annie hesitated for a moment before stepping through the doorway where, almost at once, she stopped delighted before a green armchair.

安妮犹豫了一会儿，才走到门口，随即欣喜地停在一张绿色扶手椅前。

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I want to flip back to text for a moment before I return to talk about a whole contradictory set of methodologies, or methodologies that pull in another direction. But first I want to get us up to the patriarchs and matriarchs where we're going to be starting off on Monday.

回到谈论一整套相互冲突，截然相反的,研究方法之前，我想跳回到经文部分,首先，我希望你们关注一下宗教创始人的部分,这点我们会在周一开始讨论。

耶鲁公开课 - 旧约导论课程节选

Milton tells himself to run, and naturally he would have to run fast indeed in order to arrive at a moment in time that had already occurred before he even set out!

弥尔顿告诉自己要跑起来了，而且他也确实不得不跑的很快,从而准时到达,他刚出发时就已经存在的目的地！

耶鲁公开课 - 弥尔顿课程节选

There will probably be a few of you who are here in the class who weren't here before so I'll mention a few things in just a moment about class requirements again.

也许在座的同学当中,有一部分人没有上过前面的课,所以我快速简单地回顾一下,课程要求

耶鲁公开课 - 关于食物的心理学、生物学和政治学课程节选

There is a moment before impact that is the last instant of things as they are.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Cellist Of Sarajevo'

There was a moment before impact that was the last instant of things as they were.

NPR: Excerpt: 'The Cellist Of Sarajevo'

He kicked things about for a moment before he picked up the proper keys.

NEWYORKER: Free Radicals