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单词 presently
释义 pres·ent·ly
adverb
Etymology: Middle English, from present (IV) + -ly
1.
 a. archaic : without delay or hesitation : forthwith, immediately
  < and presently the fig-tree withered away — Mt 21:19 (Authorized Version) >
 b. : after a little while : before long : after a short time : by and by 2, shortly, soon
  < a long-suffering type but presently even he becomes fed up — John McCarten >
  < leaving the older section, we presently reached the newest development — Joseph Wechsberg >
  < I'll be there presently >
2.
 a. : at the present time : at present : at this time : now
  < fix it with the tools presently at hand — T.W.Arnold >
  < the dangerous situation in which this nation presently finds itself — Adrienne Koch >
  < expenses … in these categories presently cannot be deducted — U.S. Code >
 b. : at the time indicated or referred to : at that time
  < towns where, presently, the courthouses … were of brick — American Guide Series: Tennessee >
3. obsolete : immediately 1
 < presently without the chapel is the burse — Peter Heylin >
4. : by way of immediate consequence or necessity : as a direct result : by direct inference : consequently, directly, necessarily
 < we do not infer, nor doth it presently follow, that the present reading is corrupt — Brian Walton >
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