presently

1. ADV If you say that something is presently happening, you mean that it is happening now. 目前

She is presently developing a number of projects. 她目前在開發(fā)好幾個(gè)項(xiàng)目。

The island is presently uninhabited. 那個(gè)島目前還沒人居住。

2. ADV You use presently to indicate that something happened a short time after the time or event that you have just mentioned. 之後不久[書麪] [ADV with cl]

He was shown to a small office. Presently, a young woman in a white coat came in. 他被帶到一間小辦公室。之後不久，一個(gè)穿白色上衣的年輕女子走進(jìn)來。