hasten
美音:
[´heısən
]英音:
[´heısən
]v.催促,赶紧,促进,加速
难易程度:
hasten为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
动词过去式:hastened 过去分词:hastened 现在分词:hastening 第三人称单数:hastens
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-en 加上形容词、名词,表“使成~”
近义词, 同义词
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hasten
/'heɪsn; `hesn/
v
1 [Ipr, Ip, It] move or act with speed; hurry 急忙; 赶快
*He hastened (away) to the office. 他急急忙忙到办公室去了.
* I have important news for you good news, I hasten to add. 我有重要消息要告诉你--是好消息, 我得赶紧补充一句.
2 [Tn] cause (sth) to be done or to happen earlier 催促; 促进
*Artificial heating hastens the growth of plants. 人工供暖能促进植物生长.
hasten
v formal [T]to make something happen faster or sooner
Their departure was hastened by an abnormally cold winter. [I]to do or say something quickly or without delay
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hurryhasten to do sth I hastened to assure her that there was no danger.I hasten to addused when you realize that what you have said may not have been understood correctly
an exhausting course, which, I hasten to add, was also great fun [I always + adverb/preposition]literaryto go somewhere quickly