presently是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为ad. 一会儿， 不久； 现在， 目前，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在费奥多尔·陀思妥耶夫斯基的《白痴》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Come now, be a man!You know presently you will be ashamed.'
-- Colia arrived presently and joined the circle.
-- The rest remained outside, and presently the whole crowd was censuring those who had accepted the invitation.
在荷马的《伊利亚特》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- First he smote their mules and their hounds, but presently he aimed his shafts at the people themselves, and all day long the pyres of the dead were burning.
-- Then presently he woke, with the divine message still ring-ing in his ears; so he sat upright, and put on his soft shirt so fair and new, and over this his heavy cloak.
-- Presently he found standing amid the brave warriors who had followed him from Tricca; thereon he went up to him and said, 'Son of Aesculapius, King Agamemnon says you are to come and see Menelaus immediately.
-- Passing through the crowd, he came presently on the Cre-tans, arming round Idomeneus, who was at their head, fierce as a wild boar, while Meriones was bringing up the battalions that were in the rear.
-- Agamemnon went his way rejoicing, and presently found Menestheus, son of Peteos, tarrying in his place, and with him were the Athenians loud of tongue in battle.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《隐形人》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Presently came an imperfect rumour of the burglary at the vicarage, and two and two were put together.
-- He could see nothing, but gave reason for supposing that he did, and others of the Iping youth presently joined him.
-- And of these witnesses Mr. Wadgers was presently missing, having retired impregnably behind the bolts and bars of his own house, and Jaffers was lying stunned in the parlour of the "Coach and Horses."
-- Presently the stranger stood up abruptly and put his pipe in his pocket.
-- CHAPTER XII THE INVISIBLE MAN LOSES HIS TEMPER It is unavoidable that at this point the narrative should break off again, for a certain very painful reason that will presently be apparent.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Presently he laughed.
-- Presently that work was finished, and then came a strug-gle.
-- I drifted very slowly to the eastward, approach- ing the island slantingly; and presently I saw, with hysterical relief, the launch come round and return towards me.
-- Presently the white-haired man seemed to recollect my presence, and came up to me.
-- Presently Montgomery left them, and coming back to me held out his hand.
在拉迪亚德·吉卜林的《丛林故事》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Good!Now, I have seen men thrust a dry branch into that stuff, and presently the Red Flower blossomed at the end of it.
-- Presently a hand fell on his shoulder, and looking up he saw Buldeo with the Tower musket.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The first tap of the French drums was echoed from the bosom of the fort, and presently the valley was filled with the strains of martial music, rising long, thrilling and lively above the rattling accompaniment.
-- Unable to com-mand himself any longer, the youth broke from the place, and presently stood in the center of a disorderly throng, that included nearly everything having life, within the limits of the encampment.
-- At the same moment the dried skin of the animal rattled, and presently the scout arose to his feet, in proper person.
在威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆的《月亮和六便士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- And presently Dr. Weitbrecht-Rotholz produced the work which finally set at rest the misgivings of all lovers of art.
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