recently的用法：

　　recently 位于句末：

　　She put on weight recently. 她最近體重增加了。

　　There has been a drop in crime recently. 近來犯罪率有所降低。

　　I got a letter from her quite recently. 我就在最近還收到她的一封來信。

　　recently 位于句中(動詞之前)

　　My pop recently retired from work. 我爸最近退休了。

　　He has recently been promoted. 他最近升職了。

　　I’ve only recently started learning French. 我只是最近才開始學法語的。

　　The club has recently appointed a caretaker manager. 俱樂部最近任命了一名臨時代理經理。

　　recently 位于句首(尤其是為了引起興趣或為了形成對比)

　　Recently I saw her very little. 最近我很少見到她。

　　Recently John has been doing his work quite regularly. 近來約翰工作一直很有規律。

　　Recently, he has been working on his master’s degree at the university. 最近，他在大學攻讀碩士學位。

　　用于as recently as：

　　As recently as six months ago her name was almost unknown in Britain. 就在6個月前，她的名字在英國還幾乎是無人知曉的。