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
  Synonym:straight

adj

• performed with little or no delay
  1. an immediate reply to my letter
  2. a prompt reply
  3. was quick to respond
  4. a straightaway denial
  Synonym:immediatepromptquick

adv

• without delay or hesitation
  1. he answered immediately
  2. found an answer straightaway
  3. an official accused of dishonesty should be suspended forthwith
  4. Come here now!
  Synonym:immediatelyinstantlystraight offdirectlynowright awayat onceforthwithlike a shot

双语例句

• Well we can get entry visas straightaway if we pay the official.
  噢，只要我们付钱给官员，当下就可获得入境签证。
• 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 isn't what you can do on the straightaway.
  在直道上你这样游不算什么。
• I think that proposal had better be scotched straightaway.
  我认为那项建议还是立即撤消为好。
• He just asked me to take the label off, and I took it off straightaway.
  他（裁判）只是要求我把标签拿掉，而我立刻遵循了。
• Straightaway I began to woo her.
  我立刻开始向她求爱。
• So I signed him straightaway.
  所以我马上签了他。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。