haste
noun /heɪst/
/heɪst/
[uncountable] (formal)Idioms - speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time
急速；匆忙；仓促 - 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。 - in haste 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。 - Why all the haste?
为什么这么匆忙？ - (old-fashioned) She made haste to open the door.
她急忙打开门。
- I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.
要想不迟到，我必须得赶紧。 - In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library.
他急着赶回家，结果忘了去图书馆。 - She worked with frantic haste.
她手忙脚乱地干活。 - The ships were ordered to sea with all haste.
船只奉命立刻出海。 - They approached without haste.
他们不紧不慢地靠了过来。 - They obviously left in great haste.
显然他们离开得很仓促。
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- indecent
- undue
- …
- make
- in haste
- in your haste
- with haste
- …
- with all haste
词源Middle English: from Old French haste (noun), haster (verb), of Germanic origin. - In her haste to complete the work on time, she made a number of mistakes.
Idioms
marry in haste (, repent at leisure)
- (saying) people who marry quickly, without really getting to know each other, may discover later that they have made a mistake
草草结婚后悔多
more haste, less speed
- (British English, saying) you will finish doing something sooner if you do not try to do it too quickly because you will make fewer mistakes
欲速则不达