立刻,马上;简单地,扼要地;唐突地,简慢地;在即;

这组词共同的意思是“不久”“即刻”“快”。它们的区别在于:early常指时间比原来或通常早些; quick含有匆忙、仓促之意; soon指在某一特定时间过现在之后不久,多用于将来时或过去时,通常放在句末或主要动词之前; shortly与soon同义,但比soon更郑重,常用于新闻报道等。例如:
You have to think quick with the mind and act quick with the body.你必须脑子转得快,行动也得快。
I came early, and had to wait for others, but soon after five o'clock they appeared.我来得早,得等其他人,可是刚过5点他们就都来了。
Shortly after that, the police arrived.那事情发生不久警察就到了。
两者都是副词,但不同义:short的意思是“突然”“蓦然”; 而shortly则作“不久”“在短时期内”解,且多用于将来时态。例如:
The boss was driven to his wit's end short.
这个老板一下子被弄得一筹莫展。
I shall go on errands to Beijing shortly.
我不久就要出差去北京。
这些副词或副词词组均有“立刻、马上”之意。
immediately指做完一件事后,立即就做另一件事,中间一般没有明显的时间间隔。
instantly指恰恰就在此刻,一秒钟也没耽误。
presently指不久、即将。
directly和immediately同义,指毫无迟疑。
shortly和soon同义,指动作发生或完成的速度之快。
soon常用词,指行动快,完成速度快。
at once口语中常用,语气强烈,指时间紧迫,一刻也不能耽误。
right away主要用于美国英语,语气稍弱于at once,强调动作迅速。
组合记忆法
short(adj.短的)+ly(副词后缀)=shortly(adv不久)
词源词缀法
short短的+-ly副词词尾
重要短语
shortly after不久之后,很快
shortly before前不久;在...之前不久
shortly afterwards不久以后;没过多久
单词扩展
shortish显得短的;shortish显得短的;稍短的
Shortly after they became man and wife Tom began to show the cloven foot.
他们结婚不久汤姆便露出了他的凶恶本性.
来源:《简明英汉词典》'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。”
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Shortly after my arrival at the school, I was befriended by an older girl.
我到学校后不久便得到了一位年龄较大的女孩友善对待。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》Shortly after his admission into hospital he had a massive brain haemorrhage and died.
住院后不久,他就死于大面积脑溢血。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》Her health deteriorated rapidly, and she died shortly afterwards.
她的健康状况急剧恶化,不久便去世了。
来源:《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》The conference is now debating the motion and will vote on it shortly.
大会正在就提议进行辩论,稍后将就此表决。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》然而绝大多数投资都投向了已存在技术的延伸研究,而不是基础创新.
来源:网络文摘精选A government speaker intimated to the reporters that they would expect a statement shortly.
政府发言人向记者们暗示他们马上就能听到一项声明.
来源:《简明英汉词典》John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down.
婚姻破裂不久,约翰经历了一段短暂的艰难时期.
来源:《简明英汉词典》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。
来源:《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
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