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外刊例句
- Echoes of Mr Anchovy’s yearnings can be heard in the haste with which EY, one of the Big Four accounting firms, is considering spinning off its fast-growing consultancy practice from the unfashionable audit side of the business.
在安永公司眼下的动静中,你听到了安乔维热切的渴望。这家四大会计师事务所之一正急不可耐地想要将自己快速增长的咨询业务从不再时髦的审计业务中剥离出去。
——《经济学人》 - They're well aware that haste makes waste, and they don't want to sacrifice accuracy for speed.
他们深知欲速则不达,并且不想为了速度而牺牲准确性。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[noun] excessive speed or urgency of movement or action; hurry
[名词] 移动或行动的过快或过急;匆忙
深入解读
Haste 是一个与小站(微信公众号:田间小站)昨天推送的 chaste 拼写相近的单词,同时也曾在 小词详解 | hasten 有所提及,三者可以一并联想记忆。
从词源上来看,该词最早于13世纪末由古法语 haste (匆忙、紧迫、草率)进入英语,也是用来表示“急速、匆忙、仓促”,主要指人移动或行动的过快或过急,而非车辆、机器等,常意味着因时间紧迫、强烈渴望、愤怒冲动、决策鲁莽或者缺乏应有的深思而做事过快,以至于粗心大意并犯下错误,比如:
- 为什么这么匆忙?
Why all this haste? - 急得气也透不过来
be breathless with haste - 他的第一个妻子死后,他几乎是迫不及待地就再婚了。
After his first wife died, he married again with almost indecent haste.
使用时还常用搭配 in haste 表示“急速地、急忙地”或“草率地、轻率地”,比如:
- 奋笔疾书
write in great haste - 噢,常言道,草率结婚后悔多。
Oh well, to coin a phrase, marry in haste and repent at leisure.
名人名言
Take time for all things: great haste makes great waste.
凡事都要慢慢来:越欲速则愈不达。
出自美国政治家、科学家、发明家、作家、印刷商和出版商本杰明·富兰克林(Benjamin Franklin)。
同近义词
- hurry: great haste
- rapidity: the quality of moving or reacting with great speed
- rush: a sudden quick movement towards something, typically by a number of people