shortly

英 [ˈʃɔːtli]

美 [ˈʃɔːrtli]

adv.  不多时; 不久; 立刻; 马上; 没好气地; 不耐烦地

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Oxford 3000 / Collins.3 / BNC.2278 / COCA.2853

牛津词典

adv.

• 不多时；不久
  a short time; not long
  1. She arrived shortly after us.
     我们刚到不多会儿她就到了。
  2. I saw him shortly before he died.
     在他去世前不久我还见过他一面。
• 立刻；马上
  soon
  1. I'll be ready shortly.
     我马上就准备好了。
• 没好气地；不耐烦地
  in an angry and impatient way

柯林斯词典

• ADV-GRADED 不多时;不久;立刻
  If something happensshortlyafter or before something else, it happens not long after or before it. If something is going to happenshortly, it is going to happen soon.
  1. Their trial will shortly begin...
     他们的审判很快就要开始了。
  2. The work will be completed very shortly...
     这项工作很快就会完成。
  3. Shortly after moving into her apartment, she found a job...
     搬进公寓不久，她就找到了份工作。
  4. She kept a diary until shortly before her death...
     直到去世前不久她都一直在记日记。
  5. 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。
• ADV-GRADED 没好气地;不耐烦地;粗鲁地;气冲冲地
  If you speak to someoneshortly, you speak to them in a cross or impatient way.
  1. '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。”

英英释义

adv

• in the near future
  1. the doctor will soon be here
  2. the book will appear shortly
  3. she will arrive presently
  4. we should have news before long
  Synonym:soonpresentlybefore long
• for a short time
  1. he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
• at a short distance
  1. the hem fell shortly below her knees
• in a concise manner
  1. the history is summed up concisely in this book
  2. she replied briefly
  3. briefly, we have a problem
  4. to put it shortly
  Synonym:conciselybrieflyin briefin short
• in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
  1. he told me curtly to get on with it
  2. he talked short with everyone
  3. he said shortly that he didn't like it
  Synonym:curtlyshort

双语例句

• '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。”
• Shortly afterwards, cuts in defence spending forced the aerospace industry to retrench.
  不久之后，国防开支的削减迫使航空航天业紧缩开支。
• He reached Cambridge shortly before three o'clock.
  他快到3点的时候抵达了剑桥。
• A thirty-nine-year-old competitor collapsed half-way through the marathon and died shortly afterwards.
  一名39岁的马拉松参赛者跑到一半时瘫倒在地，没过多久就死了。
• 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。
• He will be able to take up his normal routine shortly.
  他不久就能处理日常事务。
• Shortly afterwards, police arrested four suspects
  之后不久，警方逮捕了4名嫌犯。
• Police officers on the case are reckoning to charge someone very shortly.
  调查这个案子的警官正在考虑尽快起诉嫌疑人。