there and then1 → then and there
2 (also then and there)IMMEDIATELY immediately 在彼时彼地,当即,立即 I thought I’d have to wait, but they offered me the job there and then. 我以为我得等着,但他们当即就把那份工作给了我。SPOKEN PHRASES 口语短语
there and then• If she wasn't being paid by his rich over indulgent parents, she would have punished him there and then.• If you make any kind of a mistake, you should re-record the offending passage there and then.• Or perhaps he was waiting for them to start counting their blessings there and then.• She went into labour right there and then.• We wanted to get married there and then.• He decided against buying a ticket there and then but satisfied himself with getting a list of trains to Rome.• I thought Charlie would be there and then Roderick came.• They want to talk about it there and then, with passion and prejudice.
→ there and then at there2(1)