Promptness
[prɑmptnɪs]
解釋/意思:
(n.) Promptitude; readiness; quickness of decision or action.
(n.) Cheerful willingness; alacrity.
桃瑞丝整理
同義詞及近義詞：
n. Readiness, quickness, alacrity, alertness, promptitude.
吉纳维芙校對
例句/造句/用法:
- Ah, there's promptness,' said the undertaker. 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- Sherman, with his characteristic promptness, abandoned the work he was engaged upon and pushed on at once. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Promptness, indeed! 查理斯·狄更斯. 霧都孤兒.
- I replied, with intelligent promptness, that he was probably worth about four dollars--may be four and a half. 馬克·吐溫. 傻子出國記.
- A success north of the James should be followed up with great promptness. 尤利西斯·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- Another factor of telephone service in America is promptness. 佚名. 神奇的知識之書.
- 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·格蘭特. U．S．格蘭特的個人回憶錄.
- 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. 查理斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外傳.
- But Trenor, with a promptness which did not escape her, had moved between herself and the door. 伊蒂絲·華頓. 快樂之家.
- 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. 弗蘭克·路易斯·戴爾. 愛迪生的生平和發明.
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