presently 核心詞議：
adv. （美）目前；不久
presently 基本解釋
速記方法知識擴展
詞語辨析
presently，at once，directly，immediately，instantly，right away。這組詞(組)共同的意思是“立即”“馬上”。它們的區別在于1.at once主要指動作迅速，但中間多有一段距離，且at once比immediately意味更強。例如I'm leaving for Rome at once.我馬上去羅馬。He gave orders for the work to be started at once.他下令立即開始那項工作。2.immediately側重指時間“緊接著”。例如I came immediately after I'd eaten.吃過飯我立即就來了。Please close your books immediately and answer these questions.請立即合上書，回答這些問題。I left immediately when the clock struck twelve.鐘剛打12點我就離去了。3.right away經常出現在美式英語中。例如I'll do it right away.我立即去辦。He had written down a list of things to do right away.他已寫下須立即做的事情。Don't expect them to approve of the design right away.不能期望他們馬上批準這項設計。4.instantly也是指動作迅速，但它更強調的是同時發生，中間有很短的距離或無距離。例如The electrician went instantly in answer to the phone call.電工師傅一接到電話馬上就去了。He was killed instantly in a car accident.在車禍中，他當場死亡。5.directly強調“直接地”，多與“迂回繞過”相對。例如Whether he sailed directly across the bay or coasted round it is uncertain他是徑直駛過海灣，還是沿海岸迂回繞過的，現在還無法確知。6.presently強調過一會再去做某事。例如I will do the dishes presently，but I want to finish the story first.我過一會去洗碟子，不過我想得先看完這篇故事。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”的意思。immediately指做完一件事后，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主要用于美國英語，語氣稍弱于at once，強調動作迅速。
同根詞匯
present adj.present現在的；出席的npresent現在；禮物；瞄準vi present舉槍瞄準vt present提出；介紹；呈現；贈送
中文詞源
中文詞源：
presently
精選例句
1、 The island is presently uninhabited.
那個島目前還沒人居住。
2、 These are the courses presently available.
這些就是現有的課程。
1、 Competition law as presently interpreted deals with financial disadvantage to consumers and this is not obvious when the users of these services don’t pay for them.
根據目前的解釋，競爭法涉及消費者的財務劣勢，當這些服務的用戶不為這些服務付費時，這一點并不明顯。
常見考點例句：
- But few of those are presently found in the arctic .
- 但是目前在北極還幾乎沒有發現這些樹。
- The game presently resides at a one-and-a-half-star average rating with 204 reviews .
- 現在游戲平均星級為一點五，評論為204篇。
- That 'll make a nice cup of tea presently .
- 一會兒就可以煮上一杯好茶。
- Outside of organizational challenges , notable gaps exist between the mobile services that libraries presently offer and the percentage of actual usage .
- 除了組織內部的阻礙，圖書館現階段提供的移動服務與實際使用率之間還有無法忽視的差距。
- When the troop was all got together , the captain told them the reason of their returning ; and presently the conductor was declared by all worthy of death .
- 當隊伍都聚集到了一起，首領告訴他們返回的原因；不久這個向導被宣布處死。