1 N-UNCOUNT 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. 急速;仓促;匆忙
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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。
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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。
2 PHRASE 匆忙地;急忙地;草率地 If you do something in haste, you do it quickly and hurriedly, and sometimes carelessly. 匆忙地;急忙地;草率地
SYN hastily, rashly, too quickly, impetuously
3 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 赶快;赶紧 If someone is told to make haste, they are told to do something quickly and not waste time. 赶快;赶紧 [old-fashioned]
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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。
SYN hurry (up), speed up, hasten, get a move on [informal]
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