from the Broadway musical Les Miserables. The unemployed church volunteer from Blackburn,Scotland, who lives alone with her cat, promptly became the unlikeliest star of the year.

VOA: standard.2009.12.25

But it means that we get ill less often and when we do get sick, we recover more promptly.

但这意味着我们不会常生病，就算病了，也能恢复得更快。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

It's how quickly, how promptly we can recover from these painful emotions-- in other words, how strong our psychological immune system is.

区别在于他们能够多么迅速，多么快速地从痛苦情绪中恢复过来-,换言之，我们的心理免疫系统有多强。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

Shares in solar energy companies promptly plummeted worldwide.

VOA: standard.2010.03.23

It means we get ill less often and when we do get sick, we'll recover more promptly.

而是意味着我们更有抵抗力，即使得病，也能很快康复。

哈佛公开课 - 幸福课课程节选

"We concluded that health care insurance plays a huge role in determining whether or not patients are able to come to the hospital promptly enough when they have symptoms of a heart attack."

VOA: standard.2010.04.18