promptly
柯林斯詞典
1. ADV If you do something promptly, you do it immediately. 立即[ADV with v]
Sister Francesca entered the chapel, took her seat, and promptly fell asleep. 弗朗西絲卡脩女走進(jìn)小教堂，就了座，很快就睡著了。
2. ADV If you do something promptly at a particular time, you do it at exactly that time. 準(zhǔn)點地
Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel. 我們在7：15準(zhǔn)點離開了旅館。
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promptly /?pr?mptl?/
劍橋詞典
- quickly , without delay , or at the arranged time
- She came promptly on the dot of eleven.
- The senator's weekend utterances were promptly rebutted by three of his colleagues on Monday .
- The emergency services arrived promptly at the scene . 返回 promptly
迅速地，立即地；依照預(yù)定時間地
We'll have to leave fairly promptly (= on time ) if we want to catch that train . 如果我們要趕那趟火車，就得準(zhǔn)時出發(fā)。
We try to answer readers ' letters as promptly (= quickly ) as we can. 我們努力盡快答複讀者來信。
She promised she'd keep it secret and promptly (= immediately after) went and told Dad! 她答應(yīng)了要保密，隨後卻立馬去告訴了爸爸！
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