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单词 straightaway
释义
straightaway
adverb
uk
/ˌstreɪt.əˈweɪ/us
/ˌstreɪt̬.əˈweɪ/
B1
immediately:
立即，马上
We don't have to go straightaway, do we?我们用不着马上就走，是吧？
Synonyms
directly(SOON)old-fashioned
forthwithformal
instantly
now
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Immediately
  • a stitch in time (saves nine)idiom
  • ado
  • at/in one fell swoopidiom
  • bat
  • cuff
  • deferrable
  • directly
  • instantaneous
  • instantaneously
  • instantly
  • no sooner said than doneidiom
  • non-deferrable
  • second
  • soon
  • spot
  • straight
  • swiftly
  • swiftness
  • then and thereidiom
  • waste
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straightaway
noun[C]
US
uk
/ˌstreɪt.əˈweɪ/us
/ˌstreɪt̬.əˈweɪ/
(mainlyUKstraight)
the straightpartof aracetrack(= thetrackon whichcompetitorsrace):
直道，直线跑道
And therunnersare just coming up to the straightaway.选手们刚跑上最后一个直道。
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Athletics
  • athletic
  • biathlon
  • blade
  • decathlon
  • DNF
  • endurance
  • faller
  • finish line
  • fun run
  • high jumper
  • hurdle
  • javelin
  • obstacle course
  • starter
  • tape
  • triple jump
  • triple jumper
  • ultra
  • ultra-runner
  • ultra-running
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(Definition ofstraightawayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofstraightaway

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Words or respirations, they are thus perceivedstraightawayin their entirety, as if they have no length, just one 'blow to the ear'.
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Having apprehended the open theoretical disagreements in hard cases, we cannotstraightawayinfer that they are paralleled by latent theoretical disagreements in routine cases.
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Two points about this social or demographic type of outsider need to be notedstraightaway.
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Let usstraightawaynote that this question concerning regularity does indeed pertain to the existence of legal systems and not merely to their efficiency.
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So she was out there using words and expressionsstraightaway.
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But though intriguing and worth pursuing, the notion of the operatic character as composer suggests two related difficultiesstraightaway.
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This commentstraightawayinvites a question.
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It is striking to find this rare reference to the term uttered so casually: itstraightawayimplies that it was a current term, and a common genre.
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We could, of course,straightawaydefend the premise by providing a compelling account of the contours of morality, according to which self-regarding behavior is invariably morally permissible.
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Then the slump came and reduced themstraightawayto the pre-war level of values.
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I hope that the matter can be consideredstraightaway.
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But it is difficult to seestraightawayhow that can be done.
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Many of us thought that not enough was being donestraightaway.
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The work will be commencedstraightawayand will be completed from time to time as it develops.
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I comestraightawayto the most notable omission of all.
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