directly
adverb
uk/daɪˈrekt.li//dɪˈrekt.li/us/daɪˈrekt.li//dɪˈrekt.li/directlyadverb(STRAIGHT)
B1
without anythingelsebeinginvolvedor in between:
直接地Ourhotelroomwas directly above aconstructionsite.我们在酒店住的房间就在建筑工地的上方。
Thediseaseis directlylinkedtopoordrainagesystems.这种病与下水管线不完善有直接关系。
Thesunshonedirectly in myeyes.阳光直射我的眼睛。
- Anarrowpassageleddirectly through thehouseinto thegarden.
- You willreportdirectly to theboss.
- Thedrugworksmorequicklyif it isinjecteddirectly into thebloodstream.
- Shewrotedirectly to thecompanymanagerandpersuadedhim to give her ajob.
- There's atrackthatleadsdirectly to thereservoir.
Closeness in distance and time
- a hair's breadthidiom
- a stone's throwidiom
- about
- ace
- anywhere
- anywhere nearidiom
- approachable
- around
- hand to handidiom
- hard by
- here
- hereabouts
- roof
- round the corneridiom
- shadow
- shout
- step
- stick together
- super-convenient
- tailgating
directlyadverb(HONEST)
B2
honestly,evenwhen it might makepeoplefeeluncomfortable:
直率地,坦率地,直接地Let meanswerthatquestiondirectly.让我来坦率地回答那个问题吧。
"Did youtellhim to go?" "Not directly, no."“是你让他离开的吗?”“我没直接说,没有。”
Blunt and direct in speech & behaviour
- abruptly
- abruptness
- bald
- baldly
- baldness
- bluff
- blunt
- edgelord
- flat outphrase
- forthright
- forthrightness
- forwardness
- plain speaking
- plain-spoken
- plainness
- point-blank
- pull
- shoot
- suffer
- vocal
directlyadverb(SOON)
old-fashionedorformal
verysoon:
很快,一会儿Dr Schwarz will be with you directly.施瓦茨医生很快就到。
old-fashioned
immediately:
立即,马上When you gethomeyou're going directly tobed.到家后你要马上睡觉。
In the future & soon
- ahead
- ahead of
- all in good timeidiom
- anon
- ASAP
- away
- come
- in
- in forsomethingidiom
- in the course of timephrase
- in the fullness of timeidiom
- in the long runidiom
- shortly
- someday
- sometime
- soon
- sooner or lateridiom
- space
- then
- yet
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Immediately
directly
conjunction
UKuk/daɪˈrekt.li//dɪˈrekt.li/us/daɪˈrekt.li//dɪˈrekt.li/formal
immediatelyafter:
(在…之后)立刻,刚一…就Directly he waspaid, he went outshopping.他刚一领到钱就出去购物了。
formal
assoonas:
一…就I'll be with you directly I'vefinishedthisletter.我一写完这封信就来。
Serious and unpleasant
- abominable
- abominably
- abysmal
- abysmally
- apocalyptic
- fraught
- frightful
- from hellidiom
- fun
- ghastliness
- nightmarish
- nightmarishly
- noisome
- not be all fun and gamesidiom
- objectionable
- vile
- woeful
- woefully
- wretchedly
- yucky
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Simultaneous and consecutive