詞彙精選：right away的用法和辨析

一、詳細釋義：

phr.

立刻，馬上

例句：

"Let's solve some of these right away," said Cook, picking up his telephone.

“讓我們馬上解決某些問題，”庫克邊說邊拿起了電話。

例句：

We are getting busy right away.

我們馬上就動手幹。

二、詞義辨析：

immediately,instantly,presently,directly,shortly,soon,at once,right away

這些副詞或副詞詞組均有“立刻，馬上”之意。immediately指做完一件事後，立即就做另一件事，中間一般沒有明顯的時間間隔。instantly指恰恰就在此刻，一秒鐘也沒耽誤。presently指不久、即將。directly和immediately同義，指毫無遲疑。shortly和soon同義，指動作發生或完成的速度之快。soon常用詞，指行動快，完成速度快。at once口語中常用，語氣強烈，指時間緊迫，一刻也不能耽誤。 right away主要用於美國英語，語氣稍弱於at once，強調動作迅速。

三、參考例句：

Right away, madam.

馬上就來，小姐。

The storm will blow over right away.

暴風雨很快就會平息。

Why didn't you give the Bottom line right away?

你爲什麼不一下子就把底細告訴我呢？

Please send the email right away which is package list.

請發送電子郵件馬上包列表。

Damn it! Right away he is straying off the subject.

該死！他馬上就偏離主題。

Can William come to my office right away?

威廉能夠立刻就到我的辦公室來嗎？

He realized right away that there was something wrong.

他馬上意識到什麼地方出了問題。

I can't answer your question right away.

我不能馬上回答你的問題。

He is ill; you should call in the doctor right away.

他病了，你應該立刻請大夫來。

If he looked away, I could find the answer right away.

只要他的眼睛往窗外看一看，我就立刻能找到答案。