shortly

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adv. 不久, 简短, 唐突地

发音

US /ˈʃɔɹtli/

教材释义与例句

副词

立刻；简短地；唐突地

soon

Ms Jones will be back shortly.

琼斯女士很快就会回来。

释义与例句

adv. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    In a short or brief time or manner; quickly.

  2. 2.

    In or after a short time; soon.

    The past perfect progressive is used for actions and situations which had continued up to a past moment or shortly before it.

  3. 3.

    In few words.

    Ideas are generally expressed more shortly in verse than in prose

  4. 4.

    In an irritable ("short") manner.

    "Stop interrupting me, will ya?" she said shortly.

词汇关系

副词

同义词 7

soon short briefly presently concisely in brief curtly

词源

From Middle English schortly, schortliche, from Old English sċortlīċe (“shortly; before long; soon”), equivalent to short + -ly.

来源：wiktionary