hasty

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hast·y /ˈheɪsti/ adjectiveadj

1 HURRYCARELESSdone in a hurry, especially with bad results 匆忙的；仓促的 SYN hurried

He soon regretted his hasty decision.

他很快就对自己仓促作出的决定感到后悔了。

a hasty breakfast

匆忙吃下的一顿早餐

► see thesaurus at fast

2 be hasty to do something too soon, without careful enough thought 着急，草率行事

Let’s not be hasty – sit down for a moment.

我们别急，坐一会儿。

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be hasty• But maybe I was hasty about Roy and Hayley's suitability to adopt.• The method of reproducing the copies is hasty and inaccurate, so defects accumulate especially fast there.• But Watts also cautioned Republicans not to be hasty in changing the program.

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hasty• I think I may have been a little hasty about firing him.• I don't want to make hasty and furtive love with you.• The method of reproducing the copies is hasty and inaccurate, so defects accumulate especially fast there.• Dean arrived, hurrying, while Major and I were having a hasty breakfast.• Go home and think about whether you really want to have the operation -- I don't want you to make any hasty decisions.• He only had time for a hasty glance at the papers.• ""I have to go now, '' said Alex, bidding them a hasty goodbye.• Most of the other students were too cool to have done anything hasty like purchase the books for the course.• A hasty plan for accomplishing this came into my mind.• They were forced to beat a hasty retreat and arrived at their rendezvous with Morris's patrol on time.• With decks awash with diesel we beat a hasty retreat back to Lerwick.

hast·y adjectiveadj

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