柯林斯詞典promptly /?pr?mptl?/ 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. 弗朗西絲卡修女走進(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(diǎn)地 Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel. 我們?cè)?：15準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)離開(kāi)了旅館。 返回 promptly劍橋詞典quickly , without delay , or at the arranged time 迅速地，立即地；依照預(yù)定時(shí)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(shí)出發(fā)。 We try to answer readers ' letters as promptly (= quickly ) as we can. 我們努力盡快答復(fù)讀者來(lái)信。 She promised she'd keep it secret and promptly (= immediately after) went and told Dad! 她答應(yīng)了要保密，隨后卻立馬去告訴了爸爸！ 例句 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