Haste Quickly Make Heɪst Hurry Noun Speed Mistakes
Haste describes acting quickly, sometimes to the point of carelessness. It appears in phrases like "in haste" (meaning quickly or carelessly) and the old-fashioned "make haste" (meaning to hurry).
Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly and carelessly. It can occur in phrases like 'in haste' (quickly/carelessly) or 'make haste' (hurry up).
[N-UNCOUNT 不可数名词]急速;仓促;匆忙Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes.
In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment...
他们在河水上涨仓促逃离时,丢掉了一些值钱的装备。
The translations bear the signs of inaccuracy and haste.
这些译文中有不够准确、下笔仓促的痕迹。
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[PHRASE 短语]匆忙地;急忙地;草率地 If you do something in haste, you do it quickly and hurriedly, and sometimes carelessly.
[PHR after v]
Don't act in haste or be hot-headed.
不可草率行事,不可头脑发热。
3
[PHRASE 短语]赶快;赶紧 If someone is told to make haste, they are told to do something quickly and not waste time.
[V inflects]
[OLD-FASHIONED 过时]
As Simon was under orders to make haste, some days they covered thirty miles.
西蒙接到命令要求抓紧行动,有些日子他们一走就是30英里。
Oxford
haste/heɪst; NAmEheɪst/noun[uncountable ]( formal) speed in doing sth, especially because you do not have enough time 急速;匆忙;仓促SYN
hurry
◆In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes.她急急忙忙想按时完工,结果出了不少错。◆The letter had clearly been written in haste.这封信明显是在匆忙中写的。◆After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste.他的第一任妻子死后,他几乎是迫不及待地就再婚了。◆( old-fashioned) She made hasteto open the door. 她急忙打开门。IDIOMˌmore ˈhaste, ˌless ˈspeed( BrE) ( saying) you will finish doing sth sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes 欲速则不达☞more at
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LDC
hastehaste /heɪst/ ●○○ noun [uncountable]
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1great speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough timeSYN hurry: I soon regretted my haste.in your haste to do something In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say hurry rather than haste:· In my hurry, I left my coat behind.2in haste written or formal quickly or in a hurry: They left in haste, without even saying goodbye.3make haste old use to hurry or do something quickly4more haste less speed British English, haste makes waste American English used to say that it is better to do something slowly, because if you do it too quickly you will make mistakes
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haste
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VERB30070
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匆忙(55%),急忙(22%),急速(13%),赶快(10%)
n.匆忙;急忙;轻率
vt.赶快
vi.匆忙;赶紧
n.(Haste)人名;(英)黑斯特;(法)阿斯特
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