| 单词 | haste |
| 释义 | haste —hasteful, adj. —hastefully, adv. —hasteless, adj. —hastelessness, n. /hayst/, n. , v. , hasted, hasting. n. 1. swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste. 2. urgent need of quick action; a hurry or rush: to be in haste to get ahead in the world. 3. unnecessarily quick action; thoughtless, rash, or undue speed: Haste makes waste. 4. make haste, to act or go with speed; hurry: She made haste to tell the president the good news. v.i. , v.t. 5. Archaic. to hasten. [1250-1300; ME < OF < Gmc; akin to OFris haste, OE haest violence, ON heifst hatred, Goth haifsts quarrel] Syn. 1. See speed. 2. flurry, bustle, ado, urgency. 3. precipitancy, precipitation. Ant. 1. sloth. |
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