Shortly afterwards, the police stopped the car and both men were arrested.
没过多久，警察就截住了那辆车，两个小偷都被抓住了。
新概念英语第二册 Lesson 35 Stop thief

📚 句中词汇解析

从本句中提取的重要词汇

shortly ['ʃɔrtli] 词频2 词根: short
adv. 立刻，马上;简单地，扼要地;唐突地，简慢地;在即;
💡 short短的 + ly ...地 → ad.立刻,马上,不久;简单;简短
"John passed through a difficult period shortly after his marriage broke down."
婚姻破裂不久,约翰经历了一段短暂的艰难时期.
近义：apace, immediately, instantly, presently, pronto, quickly 反义：lastly, lately, latterly, recently, sometime, ultimately
afterwards ['ɑ:ftəwədz]
adv. 然后，后来地;以后;之后;继;
"Afterwards she was sorry for what she'd said."
后来她后悔说了那些话。
近义：hereafter, hereinafter, later, next, posthumously, presently 反义：nowadays, presently, today, currently
police [pə'li:s] 词频1
n. 警察部门;警方;警察;治安; vt. （警察、军队等）巡查;维护治安;（委员会等）监督;管制; adj. 警察的;有关警察的;
💡 破（po）例（li）让嫦娥（ce）当 警察
"A police car drew abreast of us and signalled us to stop."
一辆警车开过来与我们并排，示意我们停下来。
近义：herd, monitor, patrol, picket, track, troll
stopped
v. 停止；停下来（stop的过去式和过去分词）
近义：motionless, plugged, stationary, blocked, stonewalled, detained
arrested
a. 被捕的；逮捕的；被拘留的
近义：imprisoned, detained 反义：independent, exempted, free, freed

📚 更多「新概念英语第二册」例句

I have just moved to a house in Bridge Street.
我刚刚搬进了大桥街的一所房子。
It contained $50.
它里面装着50英镑。
When he returns home at night, he always finds that someone has parked a car outside his gate.
当他夜里回到家时，总是发现有人把车停在他家大门外。
In the struggle, the strap broke and, with the bag in their possession, both men started running through the trees.
在争抢中，手提包的带断了，包落入这两个人手里，他们拔腿跑进了树林。
After a great many loud explosions, the race began.
在好一阵喧闹的爆炸声之后，比赛开始了。
Tazieff was able to set up his camp very close to the volcano while it was erupting violently.
当火山正在猛烈地喷发时，塔捷耶夫有办法把帐篷搭在离它非常近的地方。