1 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.
快的;迅速的 -
...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens.
闪着灯、鸣着笛、飞速行驶的车辆
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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。
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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。
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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.
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They work terrifically fast.
他们干活极快。
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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。
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He thinks they're not adapting fast enough.
他认为他们适应得不够快。
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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。
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How fast were you driving?.
你当时车开得有多快?
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How fast would the disease develop?
这种病发展得有多快?
2 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB after verb] 迅速地;立即 You use
fast to say that something happens without any delay.
迅速地;立即 Fast is also an adjective.
3 ADJ-GRADED [verb-link ADJ] (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.
(钟表)偏快的,走得快的 4 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB after verb] 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.
紧紧地;牢牢地;死死地 -
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。
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The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks.
油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。
5 ADV-GRADED [ADVERB after verb] 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.
坚定地;毫不动摇地 -
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。
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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。
SYN firmly, staunchly, resolutely, steadfastly
6 ADJ-GRADED [usually verb-link ADJ] (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.
(颜色或染料)不褪色的,不掉色的 7 ADJ [ADJ n] 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.
骄奢淫逸的;刺激而快乐的 8 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.
斋戒;禁食;绝食 9 PHRASE 熟睡的;沉睡的 Someone who is
fast asleep is completely asleep.
熟睡的;沉睡的 10 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 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.
玩猫腻;玩弄 [disapproval] 11 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 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.
欺骗;哄骗;愚弄 [informal] 12 to
make a fast buck→see: buck fast lane
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ADJ. | hasty, quick, rapid, speedy, swift; (ant.) leisurely, slow 1 |
ADV. | quickly, rapidly, soon, swiftly; (ant.) leisurely, slowly 2 firmly, tightly; (ant.) loosely, unsteadily 4 |
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