in the heat of the moment At a moment when one is overly angry, excited, or eager, without pausing to consider the consequences. 在某人极度生气，激动，急切时，不能冷静下来考虑后果。 例： The argument got pretty nasty, and, in the heat of the moment, we both said some things we really regret. 争论一度十分激烈，在一时激动之下，我们都说了一些我们后悔的话。 I must apologize for the rude things I said yesterday in the heat of the moment. 我必须为昨天一时冲动说的粗鲁的话道歉。 It was all done in the heat of the moment and I have certainly learned by my mistake 所有的一切都是在一怒之下干的，我无疑已经从自己的错误中吸取了教训。