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presently adv.不久；一会儿；现在；目前 (1) 不久我便了解了整个事件。(2) 不久我们听到一阵喧噪声，和脚步声。(3) 医生一会儿就到。(4) 一会儿，她就托故告辞回家了。(5) 她现在正在写一本书。(6) 目前他正在写这部小说。(7) 目前我没法给你一个肯定的答复。 You might say that the cookies you just put in the oven will be done presently, or describe how you were so sleepy last night that you opened a book and presently fell asleep, before you could read a single page. Presently also means "right now," as when you say that the temperature outside is presently thirty degrees. This is the older of the two meanings — a fourteenth-century sense of "at present" gradually changed to include "sooner or later."

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英 ['prezntli] 美 ['prezntli] (1) Presently I got the whole story.(2) Presently we heard a bustle, and a tread of feet.(3) The doctor will be here presently.(4) Presently she excused herself and went home.(5) She is presently writing a book.(6) He is presently working on the novel.(7) I can't give you a affirmative response presently. The adverb presently means "very soon." If you tell your sister that you'll be at her house presently, you mean that you're on your way. 1[ADV 副词]目前；现在；此时 If you say that something is presently happening, you mean that it is happening now.   [ADV before v]She is presently developing a number of projects...她现在正着手开发多个项目。The island is presently uninhabited...这座岛屿目前无人居住。He is presently the medical director for the Fellowship of World Christians.他目前是世界基督徒团契的主任医师。2[ADV 副词]不久；随即 You use presently to indicate that something happened quite a short time after the time or event that you have just mentioned.   [ADV with cl]  [WRITTEN 笔语]Presently, a young woman in a white coat came in...很快，一个穿着白色外套的年轻女子走了进来。'You're not looking too well, Thomas,' he said presently.“托马斯，你看起来气色不太好，”他脱口而出。3[ADV 副词]不久以后；很快；马上 If you say that something will happen presently, you mean that it will happen quite soon.   [ADV after v]  [FORMAL 正式]'Who's Agnes?' — 'You'll be meeting her presently.'...“谁是阿格尼丝？”——“你很快就会见到她。”'Just take it easy,' David said. 'You'll feel better presently.'“放松点，”戴维说，“你很快就会觉得更舒服些。”

英语单词	presently
英美音标	英 ['prezntli] 美 ['prezntli]
中文释义	adv.不久；一会儿；现在；目前
英语例句	(1) Presently I got the whole story. (2) Presently we heard a bustle, and a tread of feet. (3) The doctor will be here presently. (4) Presently she excused herself and went home. (5) She is presently writing a book. (6) He is presently working on the novel. (7) I can't give you a affirmative response presently.
中文例句	(1) 不久我便了解了整个事件。 (2) 不久我们听到一阵喧噪声，和脚步声。 (3) 医生一会儿就到。 (4) 一会儿，她就托故告辞回家了。 (5) 她现在正在写一本书。 (6) 目前他正在写这部小说。 (7) 目前我没法给你一个肯定的答复。
vocabulary简明	The adverb presently means "very soon." If you tell your sister that you'll be at her house presently, you mean that you're on your way.
vocabulary扩展	You might say that the cookies you just put in the oven will be done presently, or describe how you were so sleepy last night that you opened a book and presently fell asleep, before you could read a single page. Presently also means "right now," as when you say that the temperature outside is presently thirty degrees. This is the older of the two meanings — a fourteenth-century sense of "at present" gradually changed to include "sooner or later."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADV 副词]目前；现在；此时 If you say that something is presently happening, you mean that it is happening now. [ADV before v] She is presently developing a number of projects... 她现在正着手开发多个项目。 The island is presently uninhabited... 这座岛屿目前无人居住。 He is presently the medical director for the Fellowship of World Christians. 他目前是世界基督徒团契的主任医师。 2 [ADV 副词]不久；随即 You use presently to indicate that something happened quite a short time after the time or event that you have just mentioned. [ADV with cl] [WRITTEN 笔语] Presently, a young woman in a white coat came in... 很快，一个穿着白色外套的年轻女子走了进来。 'You're not looking too well, Thomas,' he said presently. “托马斯，你看起来气色不太好，”他脱口而出。 3 [ADV 副词]不久以后；很快；马上 If you say that something will happen presently, you mean that it will happen quite soon. [ADV after v] [FORMAL 正式] 'Who's Agnes?' — 'You'll be meeting her presently.'... “谁是阿格尼丝？”——“你很快就会见到她。” 'Just take it easy,' David said. 'You'll feel better presently.' “放松点，”戴维说，“你很快就会觉得更舒服些。”

Presently Adv 副词 [Adv I Means V Time