单词presently
adv.: 现在；此刻；眼下；表示很快就已发生
网络: 目前；不久；一会儿
此刻；现在；眼下:
at the time you are speaking or writing; now
（表示很快就已发生）:
used to show that sth happened after a short time
（表示即将发生）:
used to show that sth will happen soon
直言不讳地
这时;突然
〔古语〕马上,立刻;作为直接结果,必然地
马上,立刻,随即,旋即,就要,转眼间,倾刻之间
不久,一会儿
不久,很快,接着,一会,等一会,不一会,没过多久
目前;不久
〔方言〕〔美国〕现在,目前,时下
adv.soonshortlyin a short timebefore longcurrently
Presently the Heralds began to return, bringing the news of the eagerness with which the heroes were answering the summons.
不久，传令官纷纷返回，带来了众英雄热烈响应号召的消息。
Burton came into the lounge presently and caught sight of me. He seated himself in the chair next to mine.
不一会儿，伯顿走过休息室，看见我，就坐在我旁边的椅子上。
Presently the watcher began to nod; his head drooped lower and lower, both men began to snore now.
不久望风的也打起瞌睡，头越来越低，俩人呼呼打起鼾来。
Mrs Chick bore off the tender pair of Toodles, and presently returned with that tougher couple whose presence her brother had commanded.
奇克夫人把这两位皮肤娇嫩的图德尔领走，按照她哥哥的吩咐，很快又把两位皮肤粗糙一些的图德尔领回来。
Presently he sat down with dignity in the chair at the table, making a little tumult of his rightful wetness and hunger.
过了一会儿，他庄重地在桌子旁边的椅子上坐了下来。他身上湿了，肚子饿了，所以满有理由稍稍抱怨一下。
Presently he began to retire backward, step by step, never for an instant removing his eyes from what he saw, or thought he saw.
他慢慢向后退，一步接着一步，而眼神从未离开他盯着的或认为他盯着的地方。
As a consequence, the question of whether the distribution of course materials on-line enhances academic performance is presently unknown.
作为一个后果，至于是否分配课程教材上线，提高学业成绩，目前是未知之数。
So he went and began to fell a tree at the edge of the river, and presently contrived to let his axe drop into the water.
于是，他去河畔砍树，并故意将自己的斧子丢入河水中。
Presently we shall see that the planets are illuminated in inverse proportion to their distance from the sun.
现在，我们已经知道，行星的光照强度与离开太阳的距离的平方成反比。
Just how much is available can presently only be estimated at somewhere between 1 million and 2. 5 million tons.
可用的到底有多少目前只被估计在某个地方有一百万到两百五十万吨之间。