Presently
['prez(ə)ntlɪ] or ['prɛzntli]
解釋/意思:
(adv.) at this time or period; now; 'he is presently our ambassador to the United Nations'; 'currently they live in Connecticut'.
汉丽埃塔整理--From WordNet
解釋/意思:
(adv.) At present; at this time; now.
(adv.) At once; without delay; forthwith; also, less definitely, soon; shortly; before long; after a little while; by and by.
(adv.) With actual presence; actually .
校對:卢瑟
同義詞及近義詞：
ad. [1]. Directly, immediately, at once.[2]. Soon, shortly, pretty soon, before long, by and by, in a short time.
校對:潘西
同義詞及反義詞：
SYN:Shortly, soon, immediately, directly,[See DIRECTLY]
手打:洛伊斯
例句/造句/用法:
- Presently, without preface or prelude, she said, almost in the tone of one making an accusation, Meess, in England you were a governess? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- I come from Dr. Grant's, said Edmund presently. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- Presently a breeze dissipated the cloud, and I descended upon the glacier. 瑪麗·雪萊. 弗蘭肯斯坦.
- I'm waiting here because there will be sun here presently to warm me. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Presently Robert Canler burst into the room. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- I know his whole history: but we can talk about that presently. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- As we advanced the light increased until presently we emerged into well-lighted passageways. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- It presently dawned upon Mr. Briggs as a richly coloured and creditable fact he had hitherto not observed, that the sun never set on his dominions. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Go downstairs, little Mary, said he presently to the child, I want to speak to Mrs. Osborne. 威廉·梅克比斯·薩克雷. 名利場.
- Presently Charley came creeping back to my side and said, Oh, don't cry, if you please, miss. 查理斯·狄更斯. 荒涼山莊.
- Presently there was a rustle and a tap, and then some more rustling and another tap. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Presently, the chateau began to make itself strangely visible by some light of its own, as though it were growing luminous. 查理斯·狄更斯. 雙城記.
- You must have been aware, continued Sir Thomas presently, you must have been some time aware of a particularity in Mr. Crawford's manners to you. 簡·奧斯丁. 曼斯費爾德莊園.
- An impatient trampling of one of the horses made him presently look up. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- I can find what move he's upon, easy enough, presently. 查理斯·狄更斯. 我們共同的朋友.
- Presently afterwards, Young John disappeared into the jail. 查理斯·狄更斯. 小杜麗.
- The governor hisself'll be down here presently. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- They would extract good from the excess of evil,[440] and presently France would fall back helpless into the hands of her legitimate masters. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Sitting down before this dark comforter, I presently fell into a deep argument with myself on life and its chances, on destiny and her decrees. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- Leave being signified by a gesture, Shirley was presently enlightened on what had happened in her absence. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- Presently Rose showed her the attention of asking, ere she turned the leaf, Are you ready? 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪麗.
- This I shall enlarge upon presently. 大衛·休謨. 人性論.
- Presently he stopped and picked out a square piece of board, such as is usually left to enable plumbers to get at the joints of the gas-pipes. 亞瑟·柯南·道爾. 福爾摩斯回憶錄.
- Presently Denny said, Those fellows are following us! 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- Amy will be in presently, and she will run down for us, suggested Meg. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- Presently his wife looked up from her sewing, and noticed how much absorbed he was. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- Immediately he passed an order to one of his officers, and presently the colours of the Prince of Helium broke from every point of the flagship. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
- In Britain Latin was practically wiped out by the conquering Anglo-Saxons, from among whose various dialects the root stock of English presently grew. 赫伯特·喬治·威爾斯. 世界史綱.
- Presently, a light went up-stairs after her, passing first the fanlight of the door, and afterwards the two staircase windows, on its way up. 查理斯·狄更斯. 艱難時事.
- Presently we came upon our destination, a great amphitheatre situated at the further edge of the plain, and about half a mile beyond the garden walls. 愛德格·賴斯·巴勒斯. 火星戰神.
手打:洛伊斯