Shortly afterwards, four more policemen arrived and remonstrated with the workmen.
一会儿工夫，又来了4个警察，规劝工人离开。
新概念英语第三册
Lesson 40 Who's who
📚 句中词汇解析
从本句中提取的重要词汇
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