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单词 hurried
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Definition of hurried in English:

hurried

adjective ˈhʌrɪdˈhərid
  • Done in a hurry; rushed.

    I ate a hurried breakfast
    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to later reports, a hurried meeting took place in the transport department that morning.
    • The key witness made a hurried exposure.
    • They captured many of the records that the Germans left behind in their hurried departure.
    • The sole sign of perturbation was in her hurried breathing.
    • Mr. Bennet looked down at the hurried missive from his wife, which had awaited his arrival at Gracechurch Street.
    • However, his hurried snap-shot attempt failed to connect with the ball.
    • I had to make a hurried trip to the airport.
    • In the hurried process of moving to a new command himself, Hibbard thinks he might have signed off on the award.
    • The lateness of the season necessitated a hurried construction of a wintering post.
    • Police say they wanted to clarify initial accounts which were based on hearsay, hurried details from dispatchers.
    • We mustn't allow a hurried attempt by the political establishment to cover up torture in our name.
    • The hurried change of allegiance left us feeling abject.
    • A leisurely overland trip to Pusan took three weeks, hurried trips ten days.
    • Beware of making hurried judgments or acting out of anxiety.
    • Some very hurried adjustments of the stabilization strategy have been needed.
    • A hurried repair put the computer back on line.
    • My sense of what occurred was a very hurried encounter.
    • Mr Sparks had paid a hurried visit to her, saying he could only remain a short time.
    • She quickly stood, giving a hurried curtsey which only seemed to make him more uneasy.
    • By this time, the manager was pushing a hurried path across the store.

Derivatives

  • hurriedness

  • noun
    • We passed hurriedly on, knowing that we stood near the brink of something dark and strange.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • He glanced inside the first room, which looked like it had been hurriedly cleaned out.
      • They ate quickly and hurriedly set off again to get away from the site of the ambush.
      • Through the net curtain, legs walk past hurriedly on the pavement above.
      • When I spoke to her about it, she looked sheepish and hurriedly covered it up, and refuses to discuss it.
      Synonyms
      hastily, speedily, quickly, fast, rapidly, swiftly, briskly, expeditiously, without delay, in haste, in a hurry, at a run, at a gallop, at top speed, at full tilt, at the double, as fast as possible
      headlong, hotfoot, post-haste, pell-mell, helter-skelter
      informal at a lick, like the wind, like greased lightning, like a bomb, at warp speed, like mad, like crazy, like blazes, double quick, in double quick time
      British informal like the clappers, at a rate of knots, like billy-o
      North American informal lickety-split
      literary apace, hurry-scurry

Rhymes

unworried

Definition of hurried in US English:

hurried

adjectiveˈhəridˈhərēd
  • Done in a hurry; rushed.

    I ate a hurried breakfast
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The key witness made a hurried exposure.
    • However, his hurried snap-shot attempt failed to connect with the ball.
    • We mustn't allow a hurried attempt by the political establishment to cover up torture in our name.
    • Some very hurried adjustments of the stabilization strategy have been needed.
    • In the hurried process of moving to a new command himself, Hibbard thinks he might have signed off on the award.
    • My sense of what occurred was a very hurried encounter.
    • A hurried repair put the computer back on line.
    • A leisurely overland trip to Pusan took three weeks, hurried trips ten days.
    • Beware of making hurried judgments or acting out of anxiety.
    • Mr. Bennet looked down at the hurried missive from his wife, which had awaited his arrival at Gracechurch Street.
    • Mr Sparks had paid a hurried visit to her, saying he could only remain a short time.
    • By this time, the manager was pushing a hurried path across the store.
    • The hurried change of allegiance left us feeling abject.
    • I had to make a hurried trip to the airport.
    • She quickly stood, giving a hurried curtsey which only seemed to make him more uneasy.
    • The sole sign of perturbation was in her hurried breathing.
    • According to later reports, a hurried meeting took place in the transport department that morning.
    • They captured many of the records that the Germans left behind in their hurried departure.
    • The lateness of the season necessitated a hurried construction of a wintering post.
    • Police say they wanted to clarify initial accounts which were based on hearsay, hurried details from dispatchers.
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