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Shortly Impatient ˈʃɔːtli Adv Graded 副词 Long Happen   [Adv

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[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。

2
[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 ; NAmE ˈʃɔːrtli / adverb 1 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。 3 in an angry and impatient way 没好气地;不耐烦地 SYN
sharply
short·ly / ˈʃɔːtli ; NAmE ˈʃɔːrtli /
LDC
shortlyshort‧ly /ˈʃɔːtli $ ˈʃɔːrt-/ ●●● S3 W3 adverb
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1soon:  Ms Jones will be back shortly.shortly before/after something The accident happened shortly before midday. see thesaurus at
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2 written speaking in an impatient and unfriendly way SYN  abruptly:  ‘I’ve explained that already,’ Rod said shortly.
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adv.立刻;简短地;唐突地

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