hasten的意思

hasten

英式音标['hesn]
美式英标['heɪs(ə)n]

基本解释

vt. 加速；使赶紧；催促

vi. 赶快；急忙

中文词源

hasten 匆忙，加快

来自haste,仓促，匆忙，-en,使。

英文词源

hasten (v.): 1560s, transitive and intransitive, extended form of haste (v.) with -en (1). Related: Hastened; hastening.

实用例句

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. I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.: 我忙不迭地补充说,我当时对那个骗局一无所知.

3. 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.

4. 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。

5. The girls had to hasten their steps to keep pace with his.: 女孩子们得加快步子才能赶得上他.

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