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Shortly Adv Graded Happen Speak 英[ˈʃɔ:Tli 美[ˈʃɔrtli Adv.立刻,马上;简单地,扼要地;唐突地,简慢地;在即 不多时;不久;立刻

单词 shortly
音标
英[ˈʃɔ:tli] 美[ˈʃɔrtli]
解释
adv.立刻,马上;简单地,扼要地;唐突地,简慢地;在即;
例句

ADV-GRADED
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.
例:Their trial will shortly begin...他们的审判很快就要开始了。
例:The work will be completed very shortly...这项工作很快就会完成。

ADV-GRADED
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.
例:'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。”
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