| 单词 | hastening |
| 释义 | > as lemmasˈhastening ˈhastening n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [adjective] > moving with urgent speed hastening1545 hasting1566 hot-footed1844 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [noun] > haste > action of causing acceleration1490 hastening1545 properation1615 speedying1617 precipitation1621 hurry-up1944 the world > action or operation > manner of action > rapidity or speed of action or operation > [adjective] > acting with haste > in a hurry or hastening eagerly hastya1387 battea1475 hastening1545 hot on (also of, in, upon) the spur1577 1545 T. Elyot Preseruatiue agaynste Deth sig. B.iii The originall cause of horrible sycknesse and hastenyng of deathe. 1561 J. Heywood tr. Seneca Hercules Furens iii. sig. H4 Thy hastenyng pace here staye. 1645 J. Milton Epit. Marchioness of Winchester in Poems 25 Presaging tears Which the sad morn had let fall On her hast'ning funerall. 1648 T. Gage Eng.-Amer. 95 For the speedier hastening of our second breakfast. 1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 51 Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. 1874 Dublin Jrnl. Med. Sci. 58 234 Irritation of the vagi, not carried beyond a certain point, causes hastening of the heart-beat. 1949 Foreign Affairs 28 48 Arrest a hastening decline of soil fertility. 2009 M. M. Winkler in Fall of Rom. Empire viii. 157 A villain who greatly contributed to the hastening of the empire's irreversible decline. < as lemmas |
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