1.Duff explained his meaning shortly but clearly.

1.达夫简短但清楚地解释了他的意思。

2.We'll have to branch off shortly to get to the village.

2.我们不久就要路去那个村子。

3.She is shortly to leave for Mexico.

3.她很快要去墨西哥了。

4.Leaves long linear, graminoid or shortly setiform, apex spinose.

4.叶子长线形，禾草或短刚毛的，具刺的先端。

5.The patient caught pneumonia and went out shortly before midnight.

5.那个病人感染了肺炎, 在午夜前不久去世了。

6.Shortly Tom came upon the juvenile pariah of the village.

6.不一会儿，汤姆碰上了村里的少年弃儿。

7.He nestled down in bed shortly after he got home.

7.他回家后不久便上床休息了。

8.Leaves alternate, shortly petiolate, leathery, margin entire, venation pinnate or palmately triplinerved.

8.叶互生，具叶柄短，革质，边缘全缘，羽脉或者掌离基三出脉的。

9.He ran out of steam shortly before the end of the race.

9.快跑到终点时他累得筋疲力尽。

10.Shortly after they became man and wife Tom began to show the cloven foot.

10.他们结婚不久汤姆便露出了他的凶恶本性。

11.Petals 5, much smaller than sepals, basally tubulose or shallowly scrotiform and shortly clawed.

11.花瓣5，比萼片小得多，浅囊或和短爪。

12.We began mass-producing it shortly afterward.

12.不久我们就大量生产它了。

13.She died shortly after giving birth.

13.她生下小孩不久就死了。

14.The plane crashed shortly after takeoff.

14.飞机起飞后不久便坠毁了。

15.I was aboard the St Roch shortly before she sailed for the Northwest Passage.

15.我乘上圣罗奇号不久，它就开往西了。

16.His children died in a house fire and shortly afterwards he took his own life.

16.他的孩子们死于一次家居火灾，不久后他就自杀了。

17.But with Manchester City having confirmed Mark Hughes as manager, moneyman Thaksin Shinawatra may work towards a move for Ronnie shortly.

17.在曼城宣布新教练休斯就任以后，他信可能会尽快的推进小罗的转会。

18.Shortly thereafter an acolyte in black gown and white surplice appeared and lighted groups of candles on either side of the altar.

18.当即有个黑袍白袈裟的小僧徒从里面出来，到讲坛的两旁点起了几簇蜡烛。

19.The watchword is lower sppending. Proposed budget cuts will be announced shortly. Until then, everybody in Albany should swear off buckpassing and bite the budget bullet.

19.现在的口号是节流。削减预算的提案不久就会宣布。在此以前奥尔巴尼[市府与议会]的每个人都应扬弃互相推卸责任，而应咬紧牙关。

20.Shortly before I started painting in March, I found that the new joints were still too long because the skirt armors could not properly encage the hip as shown in the third photo.

20.正当我在三月时准备上色之际，发现新的关节仍然太长，大腿顶著裙甲令裙甲不能妥善合拢起来(第三幅照片)。