hasten
- v. 促进，使加快；急忙进行，赶紧说（或做）；赶往（某地）
[ 第三人称单数 hastens 现在分词 hastening 过去式 hastened 过去分词 hastened ]
英英释义
hasten [ 'heisən ]
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v.
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act or move at high speed
同义词： rush hurry look sharp festinate
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step on it
同义词： rush hotfoot hie speed race pelt along rush along cannonball along bucket along belt along
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speed up the progress of; facilitate
同义词： expedite
- cause to occur rapidly
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act or move at high speed
以上来源于: WordNet
柯林斯英汉双解大词典
hasten /ˈheɪsən/ TEM4 ( hastening, hastened, hastens )
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V-T If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. 加速
例：But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
但是如果他这样做，他也许就会加速自己国家的灭亡。
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V-T If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it. 急忙
例：She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract.
她比任何人都急着去签那份合同。
双语例句原声例句权威例句
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There is no point whatsoever in carefully placing our valuable artifacts in paper or card that is going to hasten their demise.
小心地把我们珍贵的文物放在纸上或卡片上，这样做毫无意义，这会加速它们的灭亡。
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There is no point whatsoever in carefully placing our valuable artifacts in paper or cards that is going to hasten their demise.
小心地把我们珍贵的文物放在纸上或卡片上的这种做法毫无意义，只会加速它们的灭亡。
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He has been described as a 'charmless bore'—not by me, I hasten to add.
他被说成是“无聊的啰唆鬼”—不是我说的，我赶忙加了一句。
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But Gibbs declined to say if it would hasten a decision on a revised war strategy.
VOA: standard.2009.11.02
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And of course, the hedonist will also hasten to point out that just because we can't do this perfectly or infallibly, that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses, right?
当然享乐主义者也会急于指出,不能因为无法完美绝对地做到，就意味着不能做出有根据的猜想？
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