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    Sharpish means quickly — soon, without sitting around. 'We should leave sharpish' means get going in a minute, not next week. It is British, informal, and spoken. You hear it from people who want a bit of hurry but are not barking an order. It feels friendlier than immediately, a little , like something a parent or a colleague might say. Though actually, -ish on other words often means 'a bit' (, tallish). So students guess sharpish means 'a bit sharp', and that adjective use does exist: a sharpish knife is fairly sharp. The 'quickly' sense is the one you meet in speech, and it does not mean 'somewhat sharp' at all. Americans almost never use it this way. If you are writing careful English, pick soon or quickly instead.

    (英式口語)趕快、盡快

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組成From sharp + -ish. As an adverb meaning 'quickly', it is British informal — not the usual 'a bit sharp' reading of -ish.

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  • sharpthe base; the 'quickly' sense is like doing something promptly

原始詞典資料3 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,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。

sharpishadj

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    informalSomewhat sharp (sudden, abrupt).

    • The car made a sharpish turn.
    • On straights speed would quicken to what was apparently the maximum allowed on this stretch, 140 k.p.h., or 87.5 m.p.h., and then one would see the track disappearing ahead round a sharpish curve, for there are some of 35 and 40 chains' radius on this side of the summit as well.
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    informalSomewhat sharp; not blunt.

    • a sharpish knife

sharpishadv

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    informalRapidly, soon.

    • You'd better mend your ways sharpish!
    • Packed my valise sharpish, afraid the ship might sail back to England with me still aboard; or rather, afraid of my letting this happen.

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