| 单词 | hasten |
| 释义 | hasten (heɪsən ) Word forms: hastens , hastening , hastened 1. verb If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country. [VERB noun] Synonyms: hurry (up), speed (up), advance, urge 2. verb If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it. She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract. [VERB to-infinitive] 3. verb If you hasten to say something, you quickly add something to what you have just said in order to prevent it being misunderstood. Naturally, it'll go back. But without Murray's little note, I hasten to add. [VERB to-infinitive] 'There's no threat in this, Freddie,' Arnold hastened to say. [VERB to-infinitive] He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report. [VERB to-infinitive] 4. verb If you hasten somewhere, you hurry there. [literary] One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me. [VERB preposition/adverb] Collocations: hasten a decline It will surely hasten the decline of 'whom', which will still be understood but won't any longer be used. Times, Sunday Times They are concerned that the absence of a big chain would hasten the decline of physical sales, which still make up 75 per cent of the market. Times, Sunday Times A failure to do so will hasten the decline of our nation of shopkeepers. Times, Sunday Times She lost the case, hastening her decline and fall into poverty. ST In 1990, at their peak, around 11 million cheques were written every day, but the comparatively high cost of processing cheques - around 1 each - has hastened their decline. Times, Sunday Times That should hasten the end of the relationship. Times, Sunday Times This may even hasten the end of so-called free banking. Times, Sunday Times Some analysts suggested that the bailout could hasten the end of free banking for current account customers as banks attempt to pass on the cost to their customers. Times, Sunday Times Did it hasten the end of hostilities? Times, Sunday Times A decisive victory here would hasten the end of the war. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A tactical change may hasten the process. Times, Sunday Times (2007) Less secrecy might have hastened the process of learning vital lessons about policing major football fixtures. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The process is hastened by heavy inputs of chemical fertiliser and pesticides. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Perhaps more troubling are false negatives, which erroneously reassure people they’re healthy when they aren’t, potentially hastening the spread of disease. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Cladding systems created gaps and vents which produced a 'chimney effect' that hastened the spread of fire, they said. Times, Sunday Times Exterior renovations were said to have hastened the spread of the fire. Times, Sunday Times Punch biopsies are contraindicated in suspected melanomas, for fear of seeding tumor cells and hastening the spread of the malignant cells. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This hastened the spread of cocoa among both cultures. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 加速 Japanese: 早める |
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