1HURRYgreat speed in doing something, especially because you do not have enough time 匆忙,仓促SYN hurry
I soon regretted my haste.
我很快就对自己的仓促感到后悔。
in your haste to do something
In his haste to leave, he forgot his briefcase.
他走得很匆忙,忘了带公文包。
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In everyday English, people usually say hurry rather than haste: 在日常英语中,人们一般说hurry,而不说haste
In my hurry, I left my coat behind.
我匆匆忙忙的,忘了拿外套。
2in hasteHURRY written or formal quickly or in a hurry 匆忙地,急忙地
They left in haste, without even saying goodbye.
他们走得很匆忙,连再见都没说。
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in haste• In his haste to leave, he almost forgot his coat.• She had married in haste and regretted it ever since.• The army retreatedin haste.
3.make hasteold useHURRY to hurry or do something quickly 赶紧,连忙
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make haste• When he saw Edwin Chasestriding up towards them he made haste to make known one to the other.• Roosevelt towards the end of his life seemed content to make haste slowly.• We made hasteinside, horse, carriage, and all.
4.more haste less speedBritish EnglishBrE, haste makes waste American EnglishHURRY used to say that it is better to do something slowly, because if you do it too quickly you will make mistakes 欲速则不达
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haste• She scaled its steep side in breathlesshaste.• Here haste not only wastes, it kills.• They were on the run, and in haste, or we should all be dead men.• I had to write in haste.• More haste, less speed, Madam!• Complexnegotiations followed, in an atmosphere of haste, as Reagan would take office on January 20.• There was a trickle of traffic, now, and she overtook the sleepydrivers with an almost recklesshaste.• But who comes in such haste in riding-robes?
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HASTE | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤great十分匆忙◇She worked with great haste.她工作起來心急火燎的。➤indecent, undue, unseemly (especially BrE) 不適宜的匆忙;過分的匆忙◇He accused the government of undue haste in bringing in the new law.他指責政府過於倉促地推出了新法律。VERB + HASTE➤make趕忙◇I had to make haste if I wasn't to be late.要想不遲到,我必須得趕緊。PREPOSITION➤in haste, in your haste匆忙之中◇They obviously left in great haste.顯然他們離開得很倉促。◇In his haste to get home, he forgot to go to the library.他急着趕回家,結果忘了去圖書館。➤with haste匆忙◇He married again with almost indecent haste.他再婚了,倉促得幾乎有失體面。➤without haste不慌不忙◇They approached without haste.他們不緊不慢地靠了過來。PHRASES➤with all haste (especially BrE) 儘快◇The ships were ordered to sea with all haste.船隻奉命立刻出海。