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
- We showed them where the crate had to be moved to, and they got stuck in straightaway.
我们告诉他们这些木条箱应放在什么地方后，他们立刻开始行动。 - The green car caught me on the straightaway.
那辆绿卡车在直路上超过了我。 - I suggested that he ( should) set off for our headquarters straightaway.
我建议他马上动身去我们的总部。 - 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。 - Keith: that's great. we'll start on it straightaway.
基思：那很好，我们马上开始工作。 - I wrote him a letter and posted it straightaway.
我给他写了封信，并马上寄了出去。 - 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。 - FM: Is it about my grandmother as well? I called her straightaway after I left the car.
也是关于我的奶奶的吗？我一下车就给她打了电话。 - 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。