hastily ⇒ 我草草看了一遍笔记,就进了考场。 Wǒ cǎocǎo kànle yī biàn bǐjì, jiù jìnle kǎochǎng. → I glanced hastily at my notes and went into the examination hall. ⇒ 因为观众不多,所以演唱会草草收场了。 Yīnwèi guānzhòng bù duō, suǒyǐ yǎnchànghuì cǎocǎo shōuchǎng le. → Because there weren't enough people in the audience, the performance was brought to an abrupt end. ⇒ 我们不能就这样草草了事,一定要找出问题的根源。 Wǒmen bùnéng jiù zhèyàng cǎocǎo liǎoshì, yīdìng yào zhǎo chū wèntí de gēnyuán. → This isn't something that we can just dash off - we're going to have to get to the root of the problem.

( 植物 ) water weed

( 字迹 ) illegible

( 指植物 ) tobacco plant

flowers and plants pl

cursive writing

set ... up ( pt , pp set ) ⇒ 我们市场部还处于草创阶段。 Wǒmen shìchǎngbù hái chǔyú cǎochuàng jiēduàn. → Our marketing department is still just being set up.

( 人 ) waster

grasslands pl

sketch

straw hat

draft

herbal

draft

rash ⇒ 他没有认真考虑,就草率地做了答复。 Tā méiyǒu rènzhēn kǎolǜ, jiù cǎoshuài de zuòle dáfù. → He didn't think about it properly and came up with a careless reply. ⇒ 写作文前要仔细构思,不要草率动笔。 Xiě zuòwén qián yào zǐxì gòusī, bùyào cǎoshuài dòngbǐ. → There's no point putting pen to paper before you have organised your thoughts. ⇒ 结婚是人生大事,绝不能草率。 Jiéhūn shì rénshēng dàshì, jué bùnéng cǎoshuài. → Marriage is a big deal. You should never go into it rashly.

rough draft

initial

rough paper

strawberry

draft

raze to the ground

give the game away

destroy root and branch

be panic-stricken ⇒ 战争即将打响,全国上下草木皆兵。 Zhànzhēng jíjiāng dǎxiǎng, quánguó shàngxià cǎo mù jiē bīng. → Just before the war, the whole country was panic-stricken.

have little regard for life