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单词 speedy
释义
speedy
adjective
uk
/ˈspiː.di/us
/ˈspiː.di/
quick:
快速的，迅速的
He's a very speedyworker.他干起活儿来很麻利。
We need to take speedyaction/make a speedydecision.我们需要迅速采取行动／迅速作出决定。
Everyone ishopingfor a speedyendto theconflict(=hopingthat an end to it willhappenquickly).每个人都希望冲突可以尽快结束。
Wewishedher a speedyrecoveryfrom herillness(= that she would getbetterquickly).我们祝愿她尽快康复。
Synonyms
expeditiousformal
fast(QUICK)
quick
rapid
swift
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
fast
  • fastI tried to catch him, but he was too fast for me.
  • quickI tried to catch him, but he was too quick for me.
  • promptA prompt reply would be very much appreciated.
  • speedyEveryone is hoping for a speedy resolution to the conflict.
  • swiftThe teacher's swift action saved his life.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hurrying and doing things quickly
  • accelerate
  • acceleration
  • against the clockidiom
  • against time/the clockidiom
  • alacrity
  • dash
  • get a wiggle onidiom
  • grab-and-go
  • grease
  • hacky
  • haste
  • precipitately
  • prompt
  • promptly
  • promptness
  • quickie
  • rattlesomethingoff
  • snap
  • stroke
  • tear
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Related words

speedily
speediness
(Definition ofspeedyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

speedy| American Dictionary

speedy
adjective
us
/ˈspi·di/
veryquickorfast:
Theyhopetobringa speedy end to theconflict.

speedily

adverbus
/ˈspi·dəl·i/
Theerrorcan be speedilycorrected.
(Definition ofspeedyfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofspeedy

speedy
The sub-committee on manpower was given the task of reviewing the problem ofspeedyprocurement and the maximum utilization for war of the nation's manpower.
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They were always completely co-operative, and although they were at the outset assured ofspeedytreatment they knew that this was not yet 100% effective.
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Sometimes it may be possible to get aspeedyanswer by examining the walk from the end, or transposing and combining various operations in it.
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Constant vigilance comprising aspeedydetection of suspected cases, immediate notification and appropriate public health measures are permanently needed in receptive areas.
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The evolutionary process was limited to five generations, which captured most of the fitness increase while allowing for a relativelyspeedygeneration process.
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There was a desire for aspeedyresolution to the problem.
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Both these factors together resulted in the speediest onset of depression.
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Those of which the consumption is either immediate or morespeedy, in the other.
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This context is important in bringing research to the attention of a broad audience in a relativelyspeedyfashion.
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Therefore, prevention programs ideally should address factors that are known to predict early andspeedydesistance.
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It led to a relativelyspeedymovement of quotas from some regions to others and economic inequalities within and between the villages became increasingly visible.
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As a result, the alreadyspeedyopera seems to take flight.
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Since the development in our science area is very fast, authors ask for aspeedypublication of their results.
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Regulators are not immune to the pressures from industry forspeedyapproval of release of transgenic seeds.
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Production has been commendablyspeedyand presentation is attractive but editorial intervention is imperceptible (see above).
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