hasten

英 [ˈheɪsn]

美 [ˈheɪsn]

v.  急忙进行; 赶紧说(或做); 促进; 使加快; 赶往(某地)

过去式：hastened　过去分词：hastened　现在分词：hastening　第三人称单数：hastens　

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同义词辨析

quickenacceleratehastenrushspeed【导航词义：加快】

牛津词典

verb

• 急忙进行；赶紧说（或做）
  to say or do sth without delay
  1. She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
     看到他皱起眉头，她赶紧解释。
  2. 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。
• 促进；使加快
  to make sth happen sooner or more quickly
  1. The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.
     实际上，她所接受的治疗可能加快了她的死亡。
  2. News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office.
     这一丑闻肯定加速了他的离任。
• 赶往（某地）
  to go or move somewhere quickly

柯林斯词典

• VERB 加速，加快（常指不愉快的事）
  If youhastenan event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner.
  1. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
     但是如果他这样做，就有可能加速自己国家的崩溃。
• VERB 急忙;赶快;赶紧
  If youhasten todo something, you are quick to do it.
  1. She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract.
     她比谁都急着去签了合同。
• VERB （为避免他人误会）急忙（补充说）
  If youhasten tosay something, you quickly add something to what you have just said in order to prevent it being misunderstood.
  1. Naturally, it'll go back. But without Murray's little note, I hasten to add...
     很自然，它会返回。但没有默里的便条，我急忙补充道。
  2. 'There's no threat in this, Freddie,' Arnold hastened to say...
     “这不会有什么危险的，弗雷迪，”阿诺德急忙补充了一句。
  3. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.
     他急忙向我保证没有什么不快的事情要说。
• VERB 赶往;赶去
  If youhastensomewhere, you hurry there.
  1. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
     他们中第一个下来的人急急忙忙地快步向我走来。

英英释义

verb

• act or move at high speed
  1. We have to rush!
  2. hurry--it's late!
  Synonym:rushhurrylook sharpfestinate
• cause to occur rapidly
  1. the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions
  Synonym:inducestimulaterush
• move fast
  1. He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
  2. The cars raced down the street
  Synonym:rushhotfoothiespeedracepelt alongrush alongcannonball alongbucket alongbelt alongstep on it
• speed up the progress of
  1. This should expedite the process
  Synonym:expedite

双语例句

• The job now is to hasten its end, not to mourn its passing.
  如今我们的任务是加速阿萨德集团的灭亡，而不是哀悼其生命的终结。
• This war, we can foresee, will not save capitalism, but will hasten its collapse.
  我们可以预见这次战争的结果，将不是资本主义的获救，而是它的走向崩溃。
• Hasten, Pearl; or I shall be angry with thee!
  快点，珠儿；要不我可要跟你生气了！
• It wasn't me, I hasten to add.
  不是我，我赶忙补充说。
• But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
  但是如果他这样做，就有可能加速自己国家的崩溃。
• This will in turn hasten the arrival of a crisis of over-production.
  这回过来又会加速生产过剩危机的到来。
• Mother read the children a bedtime story to hasten them to the land of Nod.
  妈妈给孩子们念催眠故事，使他们快快进入睡乡。
• The new nationalism can only hasten the process.
  新的民族主义只会加速这一过程。
• Such a plan would hasten relief efforts and bring supplies and relief teams faster to enhance recovery and rescue.
  这样的计划将能加快救援努力，更快地将救灾物资和救援人员送达灾区，以增强搜救和恢复工作。
• We wanted to arm the masses to hasten those processes.
  我们要武装群众来加速这个过程。