- 1立即、即刻（公文、法律用語；日常會說馬上、立刻）
Forthwith means immediately — at once, without a pause to wait. You will see it in law, in official letters, and in slightly old narrative: a court orders someone to leave forthwith; a captain must report forthwith. It is not the word you text a friend when you want them now; that is right now, immediately, or in Taiwan English sometimes ASAP. Though actually the old build is almost physical: forth (forward) plus with (along with), as if the next act comes forward together with this moment. Middle English already used forth-with for “at once,” and also for “at the same time.” Today the word feels stamped and legal. Writers sometimes pick it for a dry comic seriousness — which tells you it does not belong in casual chat.
組成From Middle English forth-with, “at once; at the same time; straight ahead,” partly from the phrase forth with (something), and partly from forth-with-al (whence the even rarer forthwithal). Surface: forth + with.
同家族的字
- forththe “forward / out” half — the action is to come forward now
原始詞典資料1 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
forthwithadv/fɔːθˈwɪð/
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formalliterarylawWithout delay; immediately.
- Neyther euery thynge, whiche ony maner way is bredde or gendred of man: is forthwith a man (for els lyſe ſholde be called men) But that thynge, whiche is conceyued in the matrice or wombe of a woman, of the very ſubſtaunce of man: [...]
- Let ther be Light, ſaid God, and forthwith Light, / Ethereal, firſt of things, quinteſſence pure, / Sprung from the Deep, [...]
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