Promptness
[prɑmptnɪs]
解释:
(n.) Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
(n.) Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
桃瑞丝整理
同义词及近义词：
n. Readiness, quickness, alacrity, alertness, promptitude.
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例句:
- Ah, there's promptness,' said the undertaker. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- Sherman, with his characteristic promptness, abandoned the work he was engaged upon and pushed on at once. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Promptness, indeed! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
- I replied, with intelligent promptness, that he was probably worth about four dollars--may be four and a half. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- A success north of the James should be followed up with great promptness. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Another factor of telephone service in America is promptness. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- But the promptness of General Sedgwick, who was personally present and commanded that part of our line, soon reformed it and restored order. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
- It was in the time of the heathen deities, who used occasionally to take people at their words, with a promptness, in some cases, extremely awkward. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
- But Trenor, with a promptness which did not escape her, had moved between herself and the door. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
- It is worthy of note, as to the promptness with which the Edison stations became paying properties, that four of the metered stations were earning upward of 15 per cent. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
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