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单词 swiftly
释义
swiftly
adverb
uk
/ˈswɪft.li/us
/ˈswɪft.li/
C2
quicklyorimmediately:
Walking swiftly, he was at theofficewithinminutes.
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at a fast speed
  • fastHe drives too fast for my liking.
  • quicklyThe problem needs to be solved as quickly as possible.
  • swiftlyHe left and returned swiftly.
  • brisklyWe walked briskly through the park.
  • precipitouslyShare prices dropped precipitously on the economic news.
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  • The secondgreatcrisisfollowedswiftly after, in 1173.
  • Criticism of thereportcame swiftly, though, from manyquarters.
  • Roxy swiftlyrummagedin herpocketsfor herphone.
  • Thealgaemultiplyswiftly toproducewhat is called an algalbloom.
  • Policequicklyarrivedonsceneamidjostlingin thecrowdbutorderwas swiftlyrestored.
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Fast and rapid
  • (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom
  • apace
  • as fast asyourlegs would carryyouidiom
  • as ifit isgoing out of styleidiom
  • at a rate of knotsidiom
  • fleet
  • hypersonic
  • in the twinkling of an eyeidiom
  • Jack Robinson
  • lickety-split
  • lightning
  • like a shotidiom
  • prompt
  • smartly
  • souped-up
  • spread like wildfireidiom
  • streak
  • super-express
  • superfast
  • wildfire
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(Definition ofswiftlyfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofswiftly

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With the end of the war, the volunteer army wasswiftlyreduced in size, disappearing entirely within a couple of years.
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But their enthusiasm wasswiftlydeflated by immediate problems with the carriers who had been arranged for them.
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One takes from this the idea that it has hardly begun before itswiftlyspins along.
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This starts out promisingly but unfortunatelyswiftlydescends once again into anecdote and assertion.
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A review of the origins of mites is followedswiftlyby a fascinating discussion of their complex and sometimes confusing taxonomy.
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We are also trying to publish your work asswiftlyas we can, in keeping with our mission statement.
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Their failure to satisfy these expectations or to hold together the workers in their connection couldswiftlyundermine their position.
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The range of questions to be broached is inadequately considered and tooswiftlyjustified, and, above all, the range of materials is ruthlessly circumscribed.
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Some currencies might be distributed well but assembled poorly, while others might be slowly distributed but assembledswiftly.
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Under the auspices of the state, the informal world of gift relationshipsswiftlybecomes a network of formal rights and obligations.
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The introduction of electricityswiftlygenerated intense competition and conflict in the labour market.
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The treatment of meteoric water flowsswiftlyinto groundwater, with noble gases concur ring with other geochemical tests that this is largely meteoric.
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The thorny question of the integrability of demand functions is glossed over rather tooswiftly.
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The confederationswiftlyreconstituted itself after the fall of the regime and retained its power within the post-war licensing structure.
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Just how the parish coped with this debt, and howswiftlythey were able to repay it, is not recorded.
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