shortly

['ʃɔ:tli]

adv. 立刻, 马上

ad.

1. 立刻, 马上, 不久

She's going to New York shortly.

她不久将去纽约。

2. 简短地, 扼要地

3. 唐突地, 不耐烦地, 简慢地

"You ought to be in bed, " Mother said shortly.

妈不耐烦地说道:"你该上床去了"。

词义辨析

同义:

ad.不久, 一会儿, 很快, 立即

soon  presently  anon  directly  before long  by and by  in a short while  in a little while  momentarily  any minute now  any second now  quickly  before you know it  in a jiffy  before you can say Jack Robinson

ad.简捷地, 短暂地

briefly  concisely  succinctly  directly

ad.突然地, 粗暴地

abruptly  curtly  testily  rudely  brusquely  gruffly  

反义参见:

long  

英英释义

副词 shortly:

for a short time

同义词：not long

in the near future

同义词：soon, presently, before long

in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner

同义词：curtly, short

in a concise manner; in a few words

同义词：concisely, briefly, in brief, in short

at a short distance

同义词：not far

补充

shortlyshortly英:[ˈʃɔ:tli] 美:[ˈʃɔrtli]adv.1.不久; 很快She is shortly to leave for Mexico.她很快要去墨西哥了。2.不耐烦地, 简慢地He answered my questions rather shortly.他相当简慢地回答我的问题。

例句

1. The work will be completed very shortly.这项工作很快就会完成。 2. 'I don't know you,' he said shortly, 'and I'm in a hurry.'“我不认识你, ”他没好气地说, “而且我在赶时间。” 3. the new database will shortly be available for consultation.新的数据库不久将可供查询。 4. the flight was hijacked shortly after takeoff.飞机在起飞不久遭到劫持。 5. they received a letter shortly outlining the proposals.他们收到一封信，扼要地概述了这些提议。 6. ‘Do you like cricket?’ ‘I do not,’ she said shortly.“你喜欢板球吗？”“不喜欢，”她简慢地说。 7. The manager will see you shortly.经理很快就会接见你。 8. They should arrive shortly.他们应该很快就到了。 9. I'll be ready shortly.我马上就好。 10. He left shortly after/before you did.他是在你离开后/前不久离开的。 11. "shortly after [=soon after] she hung up, the phone rang again."她挂上电话不久，铃声又响了。 12. "“I can't help you right now,” he said shortly."“我现在无法帮你。”他不耐烦地说。