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. 弗朗西絲卡脩女走進小教堂，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. 準點地 Promptly at a quarter past seven, we left the hotel. 我們在7：15準點離開了旅館。 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! 她答應了要保密，隨後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