hasten

verb

1. 急忙进行；赶紧说（或做）
   to say or do sth without delay
   1. She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
      看到他皱起眉头，她赶紧解释。
   2. He has been described as a ‘charmless bore’─not by me, I hasten to add .
      他被说成是“无聊的啰唆鬼”——不是我说的，我赶忙加了一句。
2. 促进；使加快
   to make sth happen sooner or more quickly
   1. The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death.
      实际上，她所接受的治疗可能加快了她的死亡。
   2. News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office.
      这一丑闻肯定加速了他的离任。
3. 赶往（某地）
   to go or move somewhere quickly

1. VERB 加速，加快（常指不愉快的事）
   If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner.
   1. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
      但是如果他这样做，就有可能加速自己国家的崩溃。
2. VERB 急忙;赶快;赶紧
   If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it.
   1. She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract.
      她比谁都急着去签了合同。
3. VERB （为避免他人误会）急忙（补充说）
   If you hasten to say something, you quickly add something to what you have just said in order to prevent it being misunderstood.
   1. Naturally, it'll go back. But without Murray's little note, I hasten to add...
      很自然，它会返回。但没有默里的便条，我急忙补充道。
   2. 'There's no threat in this, Freddie,' Arnold hastened to say...
      “这不会有什么危险的，弗雷迪，”阿诺德急忙补充了一句。
   3. He hastened to assure me that there was nothing traumatic to report.
      他急忙向我保证没有什么不快的事情要说。
4. VERB 赶往;赶去
   If you hasten somewhere, you hurry there.
   1. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
      他们中第一个下来的人急急忙忙地快步向我走来。

1. But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
   但是如果他这样做，就有可能加速自己国家的崩溃。
2. She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract.
   她比谁都急着去签了合同。
3. Naturally, it'll go back. But without Murray's little note, I hasten to add
   很自然，它会返回。但没有默里的便条，我急忙补充道。
4. 'There's no threat in this, Freddie,' Arnold hastened to say
   “这不会有什么危险的，弗雷迪，”阿诺德急忙补充了一句。
5. One of them, the first to alight, hastened with quicksilver steps towards me.
   他们中第一个下来的人急急忙忙地快步向我走来。
6. Mother read the children a bedtime story to hasten them to the land of Nod.
   妈妈给孩子们念催眠故事，使他们快快进入睡乡。
7. Let me hasten to say that I could never do such a thing!
   让我赶快说我永远不能做这样的事情！
8. Pray hasten her; for this delay has already imparted a tremor to my nerves.
   请你赶快催催她；这么耽搁着，已经把我的神经弄得颤抖起来了。
9. Hasten, Pearl; or I shall be angry with thee!
   快点，珠儿；要不我可要跟你生气了！
10. The job now is to hasten its end, not to mourn its passing.
    如今我们的任务是加速阿萨德集团的灭亡，而不是哀悼其生命的终结。
11. I hasten to add that I am not accusing you of supporting prostitution.
    我得马上补充一句，我不是指控你支持卖淫。
12. I hasten to climb up the run, it also behind called.
    我赶紧爬起来拔腿就跑，它还在后面叫着。
13. Such a plan would hasten relief efforts and bring supplies and relief teams faster to enhance recovery and rescue.
    这样的计划将能加快救援努力，更快地将救灾物资和救援人员送达灾区，以增强搜救和恢复工作。
14. We wanted to arm the masses to hasten those processes.
    我们要武装群众来加速这个过程。
15. I hasten to say that he is not hurt.
    扎奈塔赶紧接下去说。我赶紧说明他没有受伤。
16. However, when we disturb the soil and leave it unprotected, we hasten and intensify this process.
    然而，当我们破坏了土壤和留下它保护的，我们加快和加强这一进程。
17. We anticipate the future as too slow in coming, as if in order to hasten its course;
    我们期待的未来来得太慢，我们好像要加速它的进程似的；
18. Sonnet& ye hasten to the grave!
    十四行诗：你匆匆进了坟墓！
19. This war, we can foresee, will not save capitalism, but will hasten its collapse.
    我们可以预见这次战争的结果，将不是资本主义的获救，而是它的走向崩溃。
20. You must hasten and publish your results.
    你必须赶快公布你的结果。
21. This, I hasten to state, did not happen.
    这一点，我要赶快声明，没有发生。
22. The humans come to hasten their destruction.
    人类来加速他们的灭亡了。
23. These, they hope, will hasten real urbanisation.
    他们希望，这些改革将会加速城市化进程。
24. It wasn't me, I hasten to add.
    不是我，我赶忙补充说。
25. The new nationalism can only hasten the process.
    新的民族主义只会加速这一过程。
26. That mistake will hasten his downfall.
    那个错误将加速他的垮台。
27. It is a commendable zeal, I hasten to say.
    这是一个值得称道的热情，我赶紧说。
28. This will in turn hasten the arrival of a crisis of over-production.
    这回过来又会加速生产过剩危机的到来。
29. It was an unfortunate decision and I hasten to say it had nothing to do with me.
    这是个不幸的决定，我急着表白这一决定和我没一点关系。
30. I leave behind my dreams and I hasten to your call.
    我把梦想丢下，来奔赴我的召唤。

  quicken accelerate hasten rush speed【导航词义：加快】

  quicken v. 〈书〉加快

〔辨析〕指增加速度、速率，尤指频率。

  accelerate v. （使）加快，（使）增速

〔辨析〕指某事比预期更快或更早发生时，可作及物或不及物动词；指汽车或人加速时，只作不及物动词。

  hasten v. 〈正式〉加速，加紧

〔辨析〕多指意外、糟糕之事使某事加速，或让某事提前发生。

  rush v. 催促，使赶紧

〔辨析〕指催促某人做某事。

  speed v. 加快，促进

〔辨析〕指加快某事的发生、进展等，常指好事。

verb

1. act or move at high speed
   1. We have to rush!
   2. hurry--it's late!

   Synonym:    rushhurrylook sharpfestinate

2. cause to occur rapidly
   1. the infection precipitated a high fever and allergic reactions

   Synonym:    inducestimulaterush

3. move fast
   1. He rushed down the hall to receive his guests
   2. The cars raced down the street

   Synonym:    rushhotfoothiespeedracepelt alongrush alongcannonball alongbucket alongbelt alongstep on it

4. speed up the progress of
   1. This should expedite the process

   Synonym:    expedite