shortly
- adv.不久;马上;立刻;不耐烦地;不多时;没好气地
short adj.短的 + -ly ...地
shortlyshortly
-
1
ADV-GRADED 不多时;不久;立刻
If something happens shortly after or before something else, it happens not long after or before it. If something is going to happen shortly, it is going to happen soon.Their trial will shortly begin...
他们的审判很快就要开始了。
-
2
ADV-GRADED 没好气地;不耐烦地;粗鲁地;气冲冲地
If you speak to someone shortly, you speak to them in a cross or impatient way.'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。”
adv
-
1
- in the near future
- the doctor will soon be here
- the book will appear shortly
- she will arrive presently
- we should have news before long
- Synonym: soon presently before long
-
2
- for a short time
- he was at the airport shortly before she was expected to arrive
-
3
- at a short distance
- the hem fell shortly below her knees
-
4
- in a concise manner;in a few words
- the history is summed up concisely in this book
- she replied briefly
- briefly, we have a problem
- to put it shortly
- Synonym: concisely briefly in brief in short
-
5
- in a curt, abrupt and discourteous manner
- he told me curtly to get on with it
- he talked short with everyone
- he said shortly that he didn't like it
- Synonym: curtly short
数据来源：WordNet
-
Our information is that the police will shortly make an arrest .
我们得到的情报是，警察不久就要逮捕人了。
-
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。
-
A detailed news report will follow shortly .
下面紧接着是详细的新闻报道。
-
She married at 17 and gave birth to her first child shortly thereafter .
她17岁结婚，之后不久便生了第一个孩子。
-
Mozart composed his last opera shortly before he died .
莫扎特在创作出他最后一部歌剧后不久便去世了。
-
They had escaped to America shortly before war broke out in 1939 .
1939年战争爆发前不久他们逃到了美国。
-
The movie will be coming to your screens shortly .
这部电影不久就会在你们那里上映。
-
According to observers , the plane exploded shortly after take-off .
据目击者说，飞机起飞后不久就爆炸了。
-
The coup failed but the government fell shortly afterwards .
政变虽然流产，但是不久以后政府便垮台了。
-
She died shortly after giving birth .
她生下孩子后不久便死了。
-
The bombers skipped the country shortly after the blast .
爆炸后不久，放置炸弹的人就逃离了这个国家。
-
Shortly before dusk they reached a fork and took the left-hand track .
快到黄昏时，他们来到一个岔路口，沿着左边的小径走去了。
-
Shortly afterwards he met her again .
不久之后，他又遇到了她。
-
I 'll be ready shortly .
我马上就准备好了。
-
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。
-
She timed her arrival for shortly after 3 .
她定在3点钟刚过到达。
-
I 'm shortly to begin a course on the modern novel .
我不久将要选修一门现代小说课程。
-
Political observers believe that a new cabinet may be formed shortly .
政治观察家认为新内阁可能很快就会组建。
-
Shortly after moving into her apartment , she found a job
搬进公寓不久，她就找到了份工作。
-
The work will be completed very shortly
这项工作很快就会完成。
-
He will shortly become the fulcrum of the England team
他不久就会成为英格兰队的支柱。
-
He arrived with a police escort shortly before half past nine .
快到9点半的时候，他在一名警察的护送下到达了。
-
Officials say that one or two engines fell away from the plane shortly after takeoff .
官员们说飞机起飞后不久就有一两台引擎脱落了。
-
The Senate is expected to pass the bill shortly .
预计参议院不久就会通过此议案。
-
Police officers on the case are reckoning to charge someone very shortly .
调查这个案子的警官正在考虑尽快起诉嫌疑人。
-
He reached Cambridge shortly before three o'clock .
他快到3点的时候抵达了剑桥。
-
Christine didn 't answer , and shortly afterwards she left .
克里斯蒂娜没有回答，不一会儿就离开了。
-
She kept a diary until shortly before her death
直到去世前不久她都一直在记日记。
-
Shortly after the workers went on strike , police began to mass at the shipyard
工人们罢工后不久，警察就开始在船厂集结。
-
The plane slammed into the building after losing an engine shortly after take-off
飞机起飞之后不久，就有一个引擎出现故障，随即便一头撞上了大楼。