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Fast Hold Adj Graded Adv Graded Stuck Phrase Speed 例:When

单词 faster
音标
英['fa:stə] 美['fastə]
解释
adj.更快的;快的( fast的比较级 );走得快;感光快的;[摄影术]快动作的(镜头);adv.更快地;
例句

ADJ-GRADED
快的;迅速的
Fast means happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also use fast in questions or statements about speed.
例:...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens...闪着灯、鸣着笛、飞速行驶的车辆
例:Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver...众所周知,布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。

ADV-GRADED
迅速地;立即
You use fast to say that something happens without any delay.
例:When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!...当你遇到这样的危急情况,就需要专业救援了——要快!
例:We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible.如果您能尽快离开,我们将不胜感激。

ADJ-GRADED
(钟表)偏快的,走得快的
If a watch or clock is fast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
例:That clock's an hour fast.那个钟快了一个小时。

ADV-GRADED
紧紧地;牢牢地;死死地
If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
例:She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail...她紧紧地抓着栏杆,小心翼翼地爬楼梯。
例:The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks.油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。

ADV-GRADED
坚定地;毫不动摇地
If you hold fast to a principle or idea, or if you stand fast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
例:We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others...我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观:诚实、正派、关心他人。
例:He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days.他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。

ADJ-GRADED
(颜色或染料)不褪色的,不掉色的
If colours or dyes are fast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
例:The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.为防止掉色,织物已经过熨烫。

ADJ
骄奢淫逸的;刺激而快乐的
A fast way of life is one which involves a lot of enjoyable and expensive or dangerous activities.
例:Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California.他不再满意底特律的生活,想要过加利福尼亚那种刺激快乐的生活。

VERB
斋戒;禁食;绝食
If you fast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
例:I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.我斋戒了一天半,祈求上帝伸出援手。

PHRASE
熟睡的;沉睡的
Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.
例:When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.他5分钟后上楼时,她已睡熟。

PHRASE
玩猫腻;玩弄
If you say that someone is playing fast and loose, you are expressing disapproval of them for behaving in a deceitful, immoral, or irresponsible way.
例:There have been people who have played fast and loose with the rules.有人在玩弄这些规则。

PHRASE
欺骗;哄骗;愚弄
If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
例:No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
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