hasten
verb /ˈheɪsn/
/ˈheɪsn/
动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they hasten | /ˈheɪsn/ /ˈheɪsn/ |
| he / she / it hastens | /ˈheɪsnz/ /ˈheɪsnz/ |
| past simple hastened | /ˈheɪsnd/ /ˈheɪsnd/ |
| past participle hastened | /ˈheɪsnd/ /ˈheɪsnd/ |
| -ing form hastening | /ˈheɪsnɪŋ/ /ˈheɪsnɪŋ/ |
- [intransitive] hasten to do something to say or do something without delay
急忙进行；赶紧说（或做） - She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
看到他皱起眉头，她赶紧解释。 - He has been described as a ‘charmless bore’—not by me, I hasten to add.
他被说成是 “无聊的啰嗦鬼”。不是我说的，我赶忙加了一句。 - I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.
我忙不迭地补充说，我当时对那个骗局一无所知。
- She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
- [transitive] hasten something (formal) to make something happen sooner or more quickly
促进；使加快 - The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.
实际上，她所接受的治疗可能加快了她的死亡。 - News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office.
这一丑闻肯定加速了他的离任。
- The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary) to go or move somewhere quickly
赶往（某地） - We hastened back to Rome.
我们急忙赶回罗马。
- We hastened back to Rome.
词源mid 16th cent.: extended form of haste, on the pattern of verbs in -en.