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briskly

/brisk-lee/US // ˈbrɪsk li //

爽快地,迅速地,爽快的,爽快

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adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : in a quick, active, or vigorous way:Health experts recommend walking briskly for at least 30 minutes a day.Faroese music seems to sell briskly in Iceland.
    • : in a sharp and stimulating way:The wind was blowing briskly as we started out on our early morning hike.
    • : in an abrupt or curt way:When we finally finished eating, the irritated guards briskly yanked away our trays and stormed out.

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Examples

  • If rates may remain low for a long time, it probably means demand for capital is weak because companies, and hence the economy, are running in place instead of briskly expanding.

  • The thread gained more than 25,000 retweets in a few hours on Thursday and continues to be shared at a brisk pace.

  • This year, the stores are seeing far less tourist traffic than is typical in normally tourist-heavy Reykjavík, but an online store launched in 2019 has been doing brisk business with sweater-buyers around the world.

  • Winds remain brisk overnight as we dry out, and lows range through the 30s.

  • I envisioned him walking briskly, with his floppy hair, into our class, as though he had gone off on vacation and simply forgot to let us know.

  • As he walked briskly into the Situation Room last Wednesday, he characteristically wasted little time on small talk.

  • Three Cups of Tea no longer appears on the New York Times bestseller list, but it continues to sell briskly.

  • Canada's housing prices have been rising briskly--until now.

  • There is an automatism to him, a preternatural talent for responding exactly, and briskly, with what is expected.

  • Both wines are selling briskly, and both women hint at expansion plans.

  • Garnache bowed to the lady, who returned his greeting by an inclination of the head, and his keen eyes played briskly over her.

  • He walked briskly down the avenue, and Hedges stood looking after him, slightly puzzled in his mind.

  • On this errand he departed, wrapped tightly in his cloak, walking briskly through the now heavier rain.

  • They were at no great distance off; and, as they walked pretty briskly, they soon arrived at Chertsey.

  • Just raise the fees and we can pay the higher rent, remarked another girl, briskly.