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promptly

[英] [pr ɔmptlɪ] [美] [pr ɑmptlɪ] 生词本

adv.

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1. ADV-GRADED 立即;马上;及时 If you do something promptly, you do it immediately. 
  • Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep.

    弗朗西丝卡修女走进小教堂,坐下来,很快就睡着了。

2. ADV 准时地 If you do something promptly at a particular time, you do it at exactly that time. 
  • Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel.

    我们于7点一刻准时离开了宾馆。

Adverb

1. with little or no delay;

  • "the rescue squad arrived promptly"
  • "come here, quick!"

2. in a punctual manner;

  • "he did his homework promptly"

3. at once (usually modifies an undesirable occurrence);

  • "he promptly forgot the address"
1. A call for 100 bottles of blood was answered promptly.
征求100瓶血液的呼吁很快得到了回应。

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2. Apparently what happened was that water collected on these tar pits, and the bigger animals like the elephants ventured out on to the apparently firm surface to drink, and were promptly bogged in the tar.
显然,情况是这样的:这些焦油坑上积了水,类似大象这样较大的动物冒险走上了那似乎是坚硬的表面去喝水,就马上陷入焦油坑里去了。

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3. Corbett leaned against the wall and promptly vomited.
科比特倚在墙边,马上呕吐了起来。

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. He paid the money back promptly.
他立即还了钱。

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5. He was promptly paid for it.
他为那事立即得到报酬。

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6. He went there promptly.
他连忙去那儿。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

7. If there is any difficulty, please let us know promptly.
倘有困难,请迅速通知我们。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

8. If you have a definite purpose in mind, get to the point promptly.
如果你心里有明确的意图,就干脆说出来。

来自《简明英汉词典》

9. Please write me promptly on arrival.
请你一到就写信给我。

来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

10. She appears promptly at eight each day.
她每天8点准时到。

来自《简明英汉词典》

11. She promptly seized the opportunity his absence gave her.
她立即抓住了因他不在场给她创造的机会。

来自《简明英汉词典》

12. The librarian had these new books promptly accessioned.
图书馆员迅速地把这些新书登记于图书目录。

来自《现代英汉综合大词典》