straightaway
英 [ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ]
美 [ˌstreɪtəˈweɪ]
adv. 立刻;马上;毫不迟疑地
BNC.19365 / COCA.21213
英英释义
noun
- a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse
adj
- performed with little or no delay
- an immediate reply to my letter
- a prompt reply
- was quick to respond
- a straightaway denial
adv
- without delay or hesitation
- he answered immediately
- found an answer straightaway
- an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
- Come here now!
双语例句
- In order to straighten out this strange matter, we must meet them straightaway.
为了把这件奇怪的事情弄清楚,我们得马上见他们。 - I'm being leant on to pay up straightaway.
我被施加压力要立即付清。 - So I signed him straightaway.
所以我马上签了他。 - You'd better call the doctor straightaway.
你最好马上请大夫。 - I think the Council ought to move to repair this road straightaway.
我认为市政会应该立即采取措施,修这条公路。 - But don't give flowers if you sense your teacher may have a holiday booked straightaway.
不过,如果你认为你的老师可能已经定好去休假,就不要送花。 - He ran doggedly around the far corner, arms pumping at his sides, and into the straightaway.
他锲而不舍地从最外圈的角落绕过来,手臂在他的两侧挥动着,跑入了直道。 - It was a lot more expensive than the first but I knew straightaway it was for me.
它比第一艘贵多了,但我第一眼就知道,这就是我要找的。 - Straightaway, Noah built an altar of stones.
诺亚立刻建造了一个石头祭坛。 - They looked at the high walls and the strong gates, but they did not attack the city straightaway because God had given Joshua some very strange instructions.
他们看到了高高的城墙和坚固的大门。可是他们并没有从正面攻击城市,因为上帝给了约书亚一些非常奇特的指示。