プログレッシブ和英中辞典(第4版)の解説
すぐ【▲直ぐ】
❶〔ただちに〕at once; immediately
今すぐ行きます
I'm coming right now.
すぐに出て行け
Get out at once!
すぐに実行しなくてはならない
No time must be lost in doing it.／We must act promptly.
薬の効き目はすぐ現れた
The medicine took 「immediate effect [effect immediately].
家に帰ったらすぐ返事を書こう
I'll write him an answer as soon as I get home.
すぐ彼に電話しなさい
You'd better call him right away.
❷〔間もなく〕
列車はすぐ着きます
The train will arrive in a minute.
熱はすぐ下がるでしょう
His fever will soon go down.
戦争はもうすぐ終わるだろう
It will not be long before the war ends.
クリスマスはもうすぐだ
Christmas is just around the corner.
すぐ夜明けだ
It is almost daybreak.
❸〔簡単に〕
角を曲がればすぐ分かります
Turn the corner, and you will find it easily.
彼はすぐ腹を立てる
He is quick to take offense.
この種のコップはすぐ壊れる
Glasses of this kind break easily.
❹〔ごく近く〕
すぐそこの家
the house right [just] over there
すぐ近くで火事があった
There was a fire in the immediate neighborhood.
甥がすぐそこに住んでいる
My nephew lives nearby [close at hand].
式のとき私のすぐ隣に座った人を知っていますか
Do you know the man who sat next to me at the ceremony?
赤い車がすぐ後に付いてきた
A red car was following close behind us.