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单词 shortly
释义
shortly
adverb
uk
/ˈʃɔːt.li/us
/ˈʃɔːrt.li/
B2
soon:
不久，很快
We will shortly bearrivingin King'sCrossStation.我们马上就要到国王十字车站了。
shortly after/beforesomething
B1
ashorttimeafter or before something:
…之后／之前不久
Shortly after youleft, a man came into theofficelookingfor you.你离开不久，一名男子来到办公室找你。
More examples
  • It was Johansson whoscoredtheall-importantgoalshortly beforehalf-time.
  • Thetextiscurrentlybeingemendedand will bepublishedshortly.
  • Thepoliceevacuatedthevillageshortly before theexplosion.
  • Excuse me amoment, I'll be with you shortly.
  • Shebecameillshortly afterinhalingthefumes.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
In the future & soon
  • ahead
  • ahead of
  • all in good timeidiom
  • anon
  • ASAP
  • away
  • come
  • hereon
  • in
  • in forsomethingidiom
  • in the course of timephrase
  • in the fullness of timeidiom
  • presently
  • someday
  • sometime
  • soon
  • sooner or lateridiom
  • space
  • then
  • yet
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Periods of time - general words
Before, after and already
(Definition ofshortlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

shortly| American Dictionary

shortly
adverb[not gradable]
us
/ˈʃɔrt·li/
soon:
Shortly after youlefttheoffice,yourwifecalled.
We will belandingshortly.
(Definition ofshortlyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofshortly

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More information will followshortlyregarding conference themes, but an overarching focus will be one of showcasing solutions as opposed to highlighting problems.
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Since infected voles survive for several months, some of the voles trapped were probably infected before orshortlyafter the beginning of baiting.
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Shortly(10-15 min after pilocarpine administration), mastication, clonic movements of the head and vibrissae are the main behavioral manifestations.
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Shortlythereafter, the troops abandoned their insecure positions and hurriedly withdrew to the plains.
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Similarly, it might be suggested that when a major scandal surfacesshortlybefore the time of the survey, respondents may overestimate corruption.
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Cases who had been overseasshortlybefore becoming unwell were not excluded.
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The major change for 2006 will be the introduction of electronic submissions ; details will be announcedshortly.
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Shortlyafter taking power, the government announced new legislation to ban tobacco advertising and sponsorship.
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He further said that he had received three spoons at that time, one of which mysteriously disappearedshortlyafterward.
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We will showshortlythat this programming style reduces the amount of details necessary to encode a problem into a program.
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In some of these cases the antidepressant treatment was initiated by the general practitionershortlybefore admission.
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The discovery of diamondsshortlyafter the country's independence provided a fortunate economic windfall for the country.
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Shortlyafter receiving the introductory letter, they were contacted by the interviewer and asked to co-operate.
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As we shall seeshortly, it is the egalitarian relational claim that renders egalitarianism vulnerable to the levelling down objection.
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Four infants whose vaccination had not been completed at the time of pertussis were vaccinatedshortlythereafter.
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