Punctual

(adj.) acting or arriving or performed exactly at the time appointed; 'she expected guests to be punctual at meals'; 'he is not a particularly punctual person'; 'punctual payment' .

校对:利昂

• I was punctual to the luncheon hour on Tuesday. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.
• Bingley was punctual to his appointment; and he and Mr. Bennet spent the morning together, as had been agreed on. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• There are the beggars of punctual business-habits too. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• His lordship was punctual and came to me in a very gay equipage. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• We continued punctual at parade for more than a fortnight. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I will be very punctual, continued his lordship. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• What I wish is, to be perfectly business-like, and perfectly punctual. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• As punctual as ever, he repeated, coming up to us. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• I was punctual to the appointed hour on the following day, and found Lord Raymond waiting for me. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Mr. Harris was punctual in his second visit;but he came to be disappointed in his hopes of what the last would produce. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
• She made a strong attempt to compose herself, and stammered that he was as punctual as ever. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• Do be punctual, added she, for it is not the fashion to dress unless when there is a new piece. 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• Graham, in sending tickets, had enjoined attention to costume as a compliment due to royalty: he also recommended punctual readiness by seven o'clock. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Mr. Collins was punctual to his time, and was received with great politeness by the whole family. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• Mr Rokesmith is very punctual, very quiet, a very eligible inmate. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• I was always punctual at the office; at the Doctor's too: and I really did work, as the common expression is, like a cart-horse. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Mr. Crawford had, as he foretold, been very punctual, and short and pleasant had been the meal. 简·奥斯汀. 曼斯菲尔德庄园.
• Four o'clock found her in the drawing-room: she was sure that Selden would be punctual. 伊迪丝·华顿. 快乐之家.
• Mr. Darcy was punctual in his return, and as Lydia informed you, attended the wedding. 简·奥斯汀. 傲慢与偏见.
• See about it, Sam, and tell them to be punctual. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Venus was punctual, and Wegg undertook to knock at the door, and conduct the conference. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Were you of our faith I should know what to say--a mind so tossed can find repose but in the bosom of retreatand the punctual practice of piety. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• Is his lordship punctual generally speaking, pray, ma'am? 哈里特·威尔逊. 哈里特·威尔逊回忆录.
• I told your wife you should be punctual,' Jones submissively rose, gave the company good-night, and retired. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Mr. Hale was anxiously punctual to the time specified. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• Punctual to the time, appeared the carriage and the Secretary. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Every body was punctual, every body in their best looks: not a tear, and hardly a long face to be seen. 简·奥斯汀. 爱玛.
• You are as punctual as the sun, said Mr. Jarndyce. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• That's the place where we are to lunch; and, by Jove, there's the boy with the basket, punctual as clockwork! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Thank you, father, returned Prince, I will be sure to be punctual. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.

整理:马库斯