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| 1 | able to move quickly 快的；快速的 |
| Simon loves fast cars. 西蒙喜欢速度快的汽车。 |
| a chance for runners to show how fast they are 运动员们展示他们能跑多快的机会 |
| | 1a | done quickly 快速完成的 | | It was quite a fast journey. 这是一次很快就结束了的旅程。 | | a fast drive/run 车开得快/跑得快 | | a fast pace/tempo/speed We were expected to work at a fast pace. 老板希望我们快节奏地工作。 | |
| | 1b | done without waiting or delaying 迅速的；不拖延的 | | The government has promised a fast response to the crisis. 政府已保证会对危机作出迅速的反应。 | | We need fast and effective action to combat this problem. 我们需要采取快速有效的行动来解决这个问题。 | |
| | 1c | a fast road is one on which you can drive quickly （公路）高速的 | |
| | 1d | doing or able to do something quickly 动作迅速的；能做得很快的 | | a fast reader/learner I’ m usually quite a fast learner. 我通常学得相当快。 | |
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| 2 | exciting , with a lot of different things happening in a short time 激动人心的；节奏快的 |
| The pace of the game was fast. 比赛节奏很快。 |
| | 2a | a fast way of life is one in which you travel a lot , meet a lot of people , and do a lot of exciting things （生活）节奏快的 | |
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| 3 | not usually before noun if a clock is fast , it shows a time that is later than the correct time （钟表）偏快的 |
| My watch is a few minutes fast. 我的表快几分钟。 |
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| 4 | only before noun a fast film is one that you use to take photographs of something that is moving quickly or when there is not very much light （胶卷）感光度高的，曝光时间短的 |
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| 5 | colours that are fast will not become paler when clothes are washed 不易褪色的 |
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| 6 | only before noun old-fashioned a fast woman is one who has sexual relationships with a lot of different people （女子）放荡的 |
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| - | fast and furious
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| used about situations in which a lot of different things happen one after the other |
| 迅速多变的 |
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| The game was fast and furious. 比赛过程起伏多变。 |
| Political changes have been fast and furious since the coup. 发生政变以来，政治局势起伏多变。 |
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| - | a fasttalker
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| someone who talks very quickly in order to trick you or persuade you to buy something |
| 巧舌如簧的推销员；花言巧语的骗子 |
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| - | a fastworker informal
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| someone who achieves something very quickly , especially someone who starts a sexual or romantic relationship very quickly |
| （尤指与异性交往）进展神速的人 |
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| - | make sth fast
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| to fix something somewhere so that it cannot move |
| 固定某物 |
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| She slipped the rope round a post and made it fast. 她把绳子绕到柱子上拴好。 |
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| - | make a fastbuck informal
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| to make money quickly and with very little effort |
| 轻而易举地快速挣钱 |
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