haste
柯林斯詞典
1. N-UNCOUNT Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes. 倉促
In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment. 在倉促逃離上漲的河水時,他們丟棄了一些貴重設(shè)備。
2. PHRASE If you do something in haste, you do it quickly and hurriedly, and sometimes carelessly. 匆忙地
Don't act in haste or be hot-headed. 別匆忙行事,也別魯莽。
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haste /he?st/
劍橋詞典
- (too much) speed
匆忙,倉促
Unfortunately the report was prepared in haste and contained several inaccuracies . 遺憾的是,這份報告準備得有些倉促,里面有幾處不準確的地方。
[ 動詞后面接一個帶to的不定式 ] In her haste to get up from the table , she knocked over a cup . 她匆忙從桌邊站起來,結(jié)果碰翻了一只茶杯。
His father had just died and he didn't want to marry with indecent haste. 父親剛剛?cè)ナ?,他不想太過匆忙地結(jié)婚——那樣做有悖情理。
習語
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