英 [ˈheɪs(ə)n] 美 [ˈheɪs(ə)n]
v. 促进，使加快；急忙进行，赶紧说（或做）；赶往（某地）
第三人称单数hastens
现在分词hastening
过去式hastened
过去分词hastened
hasten /ˈheɪsən/ TEM4 [ hastening hastened hastens ]
及物动词 If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. 加速
But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
但是如果他这样做，他也许就会加速自己国家的灭亡。
及物动词 If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it. 急忙
She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract.
她比任何人都急着去签那份合同。
act or move at high speed
同义词： rush / hurry / look sharp / festinate
step on it
同义词： rush / hotfoot / hie / speed / race / pelt along / rush along / cannonball along / bucket along / belt along
speed up the progress of; facilitate
同义词： expedite
赶快;赶紧 [hurry;hasten] 胡屠户忙躲进女儿房里,不敢出来。——《儒林外史》 2.
... haste 中性词，用作褒义指动作迅速，事情做得又快又好；作贬义用时，指做事急躁，行为鲁莽，得不到预期的结果。 hasten 催促 hasten 指由于事的紧迫性或突然性而加速。 ...
赶快;赶紧 [hurry;hasten] 胡屠户忙躲进女儿房里,不敢出来。——《儒林外史》 2.
... harsh 粗糙的；刺耳的；严厉的 hasten 促进；赶紧 hasty 匆匆的；急忙的 ...
赶快；急忙
But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country.
但是如果他这样做，他也许就会加速自己国家的灭亡。
There is no point whatsoever in carefully placing our valuable artifacts in paper or card that is going to hasten their demise.
小心地把我们珍贵的文物放在纸上或卡片上，这样做毫无意义，这会加速它们的灭亡。
There is no point whatsoever in carefully placing our valuable artifacts in paper or cards that is going to hasten their demise.
小心地把我们珍贵的文物放在纸上或卡片上的这种做法毫无意义，只会加速它们的灭亡。
But Gibbs declined to say if it would hasten a decision on a revised war strategy.
VOA : standard.2009.11.02
And of course, the hedonist will also hasten to point out that just because we can't do this perfectly or infallibly, that doesn't mean we can't make educated guesses, right?
当然享乐主义者也会急于指出,不能因为无法完美绝对地做到，就意味着不能做出有根据的猜想？
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The costs imposed on its own citizens would stifle economic activity and hasten the military decline.
For their part, brand-name and generic drugmakers argue the deals actually hasten lower-cost generics to market.
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Ending the Cuban embargo and restoring diplomatic relations with Havana won't hasten Castro's downfall.