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- haste [heɪst]
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1.
n
speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity
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2.
n
the act of hurrying in a careless or rash manner
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3.
n
a necessity for hurrying; urgency
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4.
vb
a poetic word for hasten
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5.
vb
[Etymology]
C14: from Old French haste, of Germanic origin; compare Old Norse heifst hate, Old English h
æ st strife, Old High German heisti powerful
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1.
n
speed, esp in an action; swiftness; rapidity
Examples
- Haste makes waste.
- 欲速则不达；忙中有错。 → haste
- the air of haste which marks the undertaking
- 这项工作特具的紧迫气氛 → haste
- in haste
- 匆忙地 → haste
- to make haste (to)
- [o.f.] 赶快 → haste
- in vast haste → vast
- 仓促应战
- accept battle in haste → 仓促
- 仓皇退却
- retreat in haste → 仓皇
- 不要操切从事。
- Don't act with undue haste. → 操切
- 这事不可操之过急。
- This shouldn't be done in haste. → 操之过急
- 匆匆而去
- leave in haste → 而
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