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| 1 | exactly 正好；就 |
| Their office is right in the middle of town. 他们的办公室就在城中心。 |
| The keys were right here a minute ago. 一分钟前钥匙还在这儿。 |
| ‘Am I late?’ ‘No, you’ re right on time.’ “我迟到了吗？”“不，你来得正是时候。” |
| right behind/in front of Don’ t worry – I’ m right behind you. 别担心，我就在你后边。 |
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| 2 | immediately 立即；马上 |
| I knew right from the start we were going to have problems. 从一开始我就知道我们会出问题。 |
| right after/before He arrived right after me. 我刚到，他就到了。 |
| | 2a | immediately 立即；马上 | | She called and asked me to come over right away. 她打电话叫我马上过去。 | |
| | 2b | used for saying that someone is coming very soon 某人立刻就到 | | Make yourself at home. I’ ll be right with you. 别拘礼，我马上就到。 | |
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| 3 | all the way 一直 |
| right up/down The water came right up to our knees. 水一直漫到我们的膝盖。 |
| right through My foot went right through the floorboards. 我把油门一直踩到底。 |
| right into/out of The car swerved and went right into a wall. 汽车突然转向，径直撞到墙上。 |
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| 4 | completely 完全地 |
| It’ d gone right out of my mind until just now. 之前我已经完全把这件事给忘了，但刚才又记起来了。 |
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| 5 | in the direction of your right side 在右边；向右边 |
| Turn right at the corner. 到了拐角向右转。 |
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| 6 | correctly or accurately 正确地；精确地 |
| You did it right the first time. 第一次你做对了。 |
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| 7 | in the way that you would normally hope something to be 正常地；遂人心愿地 |
| go right Everything went just right and the party was a big success. 一切都很顺利，聚会搞得非常成功。 |
| do right (to do sth) ‘You did right to call me,’ he said. 他说：“你给我打电话是对的。” |
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| - | right and left
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| in large numbers or amounts |
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| They’ re buying up companies right and left. 他们大量收购公司。 |
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| - | right now mainly spoken
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| 1 | at the present time 现在 | We’ re working on it right now, so it should be ready soon. 我们现在正在做，一会就会弄好。 | |
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| 2 | immediately 立刻；马上 | Go to bed right now! 立刻上床睡觉！ | |
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| See also | | - alley | | - rightly | | - see 1 | | - serve 1 | | - street | |
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