directly /di'rektli; da'rektli/ adv 1 in a direct manner: 直接地; 一直： He as looking ~ at us. 他直視著我們。 2 at once; without delay: 即刻; 立刻： Come in ~. 即刻進(jìn)來(lái)。 3 in a short time: 不久： I'll be there ~. 我馬上就到那里。 conj (colloq) as soon as: (俗) 剛一…就; 立即： D~ 1 had done it, 1 knew I had made a mistake. 我剛一做完這事，就知道我做錯(cuò)了。