[ADV-GRADED 副词]不多时;不久;立刻 If something happens shortly after or before something else, it happens not long after or before it. If something is going to happen shortly, it is going to happen soon.
[ADV with v]
Their trial will shortly begin...
他们的审判很快就要开始了。
The work will be completed very shortly...
这项工作很快就会完成。
Shortly after moving into her apartment, she found a job...
搬进公寓不久,她就找到了份工作。
She kept a diary until shortly before her death...
直到去世前不久她都一直在记日记。
Christine didn't answer, and shortly afterwards she left.
克里斯蒂娜没有回答,不一会儿就离开了。
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[ADV-GRADED 副词]没好气地;不耐烦地;粗鲁地;气冲冲地 If you speak to someone shortly, you speak to them in a cross or impatient way.
[ADV after v]
'I don't know you,' he said shortly, 'and I'm in a hurry.'
“我不认识你,”他不耐烦地说,“而且我在赶时间。”
Oxford
short·ly★/ˈʃɔːtli; NAmEˈʃɔːrtli/adverb1★a short time; not long 不多时;不久◆She arrived shortly after us.我们刚到不多会儿她就到了。◆I saw him shortly before he died.在他去世前不久我还见过他一面。2★soon 立刻;马上◆I'll be ready shortly.我马上就准备好了。3in an angry and impatient way 没好气地;不耐烦地SYN