ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的 Fast means happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also use fast in questions or statements about speed.
...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens... 闪着灯、鸣着笛、飞速行驶的车辆
Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver... 众所周知,布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。
The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform... 该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票,因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
The only question is how fast the process will be. 唯一的问题是这个过程会有多快。
Fast is also an adverb.
They work terrifically fast... 他们干活极快。
It would be nice to go faster and break the world record... 要是能再快一些、打破世界纪录就好了。
He thinks they're not adapting fast enough... 他认为他们适应得不够快。
Barnes also knows that he is fast running out of time... 巴恩斯也知道他的时间很快就要用完了。
How fast were you driving?... 你当时车开得有多快?
How fast would the disease develop? 这种病发展得有多快?
ADV-GRADED 迅速地;立即 You use fast to say that something happens without any delay.
When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!... 当你遇到这样的危急情况,就需要专业救援了——要快!
We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible. 如果您能尽快离开,我们将不胜感激。
Fast is also an adjective.
That would be an astonishingly fast action on the part of the Congress. 那将会是由国会方面采取的迅雷不及掩耳的行动。
ADJ-GRADED (钟表)偏快的,走得快的 If a watch or clock is fast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
That clock's an hour fast. 那个钟快了一个小时。
ADV-GRADED 紧紧地;牢牢地;死死地 If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail... 她紧紧地抓着栏杆,小心翼翼地爬楼梯。
The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks. 油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。
ADV-GRADED 坚定地;毫不动摇地 If you hold fast to a principle or idea, or if you stand fast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others... 我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观:诚实、正派、关心他人。
He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days. 他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。
ADJ-GRADED (颜色或染料)不褪色的,不掉色的 If colours or dyes are fast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast. 为防止掉色,织物已经过熨烫。
ADJ 骄奢淫逸的;刺激而快乐的 A fast way of life is one which involves a lot of enjoyable and expensive or dangerous activities.
Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California. 他不再满意底特律的生活,想要过加利福尼亚那种刺激快乐的生活。
VERB 斋戒;禁食;绝食 If you fast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me. 我斋戒了一天半,祈求上帝伸出援手。
Fast is also a noun.
The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water. 日落时开斋,按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。
PHRASE 熟睡的;沉睡的 Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.
When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep. 他5分钟后上楼时,她已睡熟。
PHRASE 玩猫腻;玩弄 If you say that someone is playing fast and loose, you are expressing disapproval of them for behaving in a deceitful, immoral, or irresponsible way.
There have been people who have played fast and loose with the rules. 有人在玩弄这些规则。
PHRASE 欺骗;哄骗;愚弄 If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter. 无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
He wanted to be the fastest man on earth. 他想成为世界上跑得最快的人。
He was the fastest thing I ever saw on a baseball field 他是我在棒球场上见过的跑得最快的家伙。
It is Britain's fastest growing national daily newspaper 这是英国发展最快的全国性日报社。
Gardner recorded the fastest lap in qualifying to earn pole position for today's US Grand Prix. 加德纳在资格赛中创下了最快圈速的纪录,赢得了今天美国大奖赛的杆位。
The defending world racing champion recorded the fastest time in a final practice today. 世界赛车卫冕冠军在今天最后的训练中创下了最快的纪录。
Although some may sneer, working as a secretary is for many the fastest route to career success. 有些人也许瞧不起秘书的工作,但是对于许多人来说,做秘书却是取得职业成功最为快捷的途径。
Chris Boardman stamped himself as the 4,000m favourite by setting the world's fastest outdoor time in Barcelona last night. 克里斯·博德曼昨晚在巴塞罗那创下室外世界纪录,证明了自己是4,000米赛最有实力的竞争者。
He bragged that his car was the fastest. 他吹牛说他的汽车是最快的。
The fastest gait of a horse is the gallop. 马最快的步法是奔驰。
"Fast, faster, fastest," is the new policy. “快,更快,最快”成了沃尔玛的最新政策。
They run fastest in the world. 他们在世界上跑地最快。
The Philippines is one of the fastest growing economies anywhere in the world. 在世界任何地方菲律宾都是发展最快的经济体。
Probably our fastest growing areas are India and China, India is a little bit faster. 我们业务发展最快的地区大概是印度和中国,其中印度还要更快一些。
This is the fastest I can go! 这已经是我最快的速度了!
Turkey is also booming, and is one of the fastest growing and largest emerging economies. 土耳其也在蓬勃发展,它是增长最快的之一,也是最大的新兴经济体。
This will result in the fastest performance. 这将导致最快的执行速度。
The fastest automobiles, airplanes, and trains have streamline bodies. 最快的汽车、机和火车的车身都是流线型的。
China is the world's fastest growing diamond market. And it can go very fast. 中国是全球增长最快的钻石市场,而且可能以非常快的速度发展。
China has entered a period of its fastest and healthiest growth in this century. 中国进入了百年来发展最好的历史时期。
That can't be-the Ferrari is the fastest car in the world? 不可能的!法拉利是世界上最快的车种了!
China and India, after all, are by the far the largest and fastest growing of the five. 毕竟,迄今为止,在上述五个市场中,中国和印度规模最大,增长也最为迅速。
World's fastest compression engine. 世界上速度最快的压缩引擎。
This would be the fastest annual growth since 1980. 这将是1980年以来的最快增速。
France has the fastest mass transit rail system in the world. 法国拥有世界上最快的公共交通轨道运输系统。
In the service, we will help you the fastest to solve the problem. 在服务上我们将以最快的速度帮你解决问题。
This has created the world's fastest growing market for mobile phones with a total of about 269m subscribers. 这为移动电话创造了全世界增长最快的市场,共计有大约2.69亿用户。
Which is the fastest? 哪一个是最快的?
This is the fastest train ( that) is to Beijing. 这是到北京最快的一趟列车。
This makes the United States the world's fastest growing industrialized nation. 这样下来,使得美国成了在工业国家里人口增加最快的国家。
That would be the fastest pace in 20 years. 这将是20年来最快的发展步伐。