hasty

/ˈheɪsti/ (bre, ipa) · /ˈheɪsti/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈhā-stē/ (ame, mw)

hasty — adjective

  • hastypositive
  • hastiercomparative
  • hastiestsuperlative

1. done or decided so quickly that little care or thought is given to it, which oft

1.形容詞B1
釋義

done or decided so quickly that little care or thought is given to it, which often leads to mistakes, regrets, or unwanted results

例句

When buying a used car, a hasty decision can cost you thousands in repairs later.

collocation: hasty decision

Professor Okafor warned the students not to draw hasty conclusions from a single experiment.

collocation: hasty conclusions

同義詞
  • rash

    stronger negative connotation; implies recklessness and a higher chance of harm

  • hurried

    focuses on speed rather than lack of care; more neutral

  • impulsive

    describes a personality trait or sudden urge, not just a single rushed action

  • precipitate

    formal or literary; suggests a decision made with dangerous speed

反義詞
  • careful

    implies attention and thought

  • deliberate

    implies slow, intentional consideration

文法句型

hasty + noun (a hasty decision)

too hasty to + infinitive

hasty in + noun/gerund

用法筆記

Often used with nouns that describe decisions or judgments: decision, conclusion, judgment, promise, generalization. Can appear predicatively ('don't be hasty') to warn someone against acting too fast.

常見錯誤

❌She made a haste decision.
✅She made a hasty decision.
💡'Haste' is a noun; 'hasty' is the adjective form.
❌He was hasty to arrive at the meeting.
✅He was hasty in making his decision.
💡Use 'hasty in + gerund' for the sense of acting without thought, not for arriving quickly on time.

2. done quickly in order to leave a place or situation, particularly to get away fr

2.形容詞B2
釋義

done quickly in order to leave a place or situation, particularly to get away from something awkward or unpleasant

例句

The picnic crowd made a hasty retreat to their cars when the rain began.

collocation: hasty retreat

The embarrassed waiter beat a hasty retreat after spilling soup on a customer's shirt.

fixed phrase: beat a hasty retreat

同義詞
  • hurried

    less dramatic; does not carry the sense of escape from trouble

  • rushed

    focuses on the speed, not the reason for leaving

反義詞

文法句型

hasty + noun of movement (retreat, exit, departure, escape)

用法筆記

Almost always appears in fixed collocations with movement nouns (retreat, exit, departure, escape). The phrase 'beat a hasty retreat' is a common fixed expression meaning to leave quickly in an embarrassed or cowardly way.

常見錯誤

❌She made a hasty retreat from the meeting place.
✅She beat a hasty retreat from the meeting room.
💡'Beat a retreat' is the idiomatic verb; 'make a retreat' is possible but less natural.