hasten

hasten

英 ['heɪs(ə)n]
　　美 ['hesn]

vt. 加速；使趕緊；催促
　　vi. 趕快；急忙

中文詞源：

hasten 匆忙，加快

來自haste,倉促，匆忙，-en,使。

例句：

1. Naturally, it'll go back. But without Murray's little note, I hasten to add.
很自然，它會返回。但沒有默裡的便條，我急忙補充道。

2. I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.
我忙不迭地補充說,我當時對那個騙局一無所知.

3. Mother read the children a bedtime story to hasten them to the land of Nod.
媽媽給孩子們念催眠故事,使他們快快進入睡鄉.

4. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
但是如果他這樣做，就有可能加速自己國傢的崩潰。

5. The girls had to hasten their steps to keep pace with his.
女孩子們得加快步子才能趕得上他.