fast-track
fast-track — 名詞
1. a route that lets someone reach a senior job or another important goal more quic
快速通道
比一般路徑更快達到目標的途徑
a route that lets someone reach a senior job or another important goal more quickly than the usual steps would allow, often through a special programme or set of rules.
Élise joined the bank's fast-track for new graduates and became a manager in three years.
Élise 加入了銀行為新進畢業生開設的快速通道，三年內就當上經理。
noun pattern: the fast-track for [group]
The retailer placed its best trainees on the fast-track to store management.
這家零售公司把最優秀的受訓人員放上通往店長職位的快速通道。
collocation: place X on the fast-track
Ife saw teaching abroad as her fast-track to a director role back home.
Ife 把出國教書視為自己回國後升任主管的快速通道。
the fast-track to + position noun
The airline created a fast-track for pilots with military flying experience.
這家航空公司為有軍方飛行經驗的機師設立了一條快速通道。
Mayumi turned down the fast-track because she wanted more years of hands-on engineering work first.
Mayumi 婉拒了快速通道，因為她想再多累積幾年第一線的工程經驗。
- join the fast-track
- the fast-track to promotion
- be on the fast-track
- place on the fast-track
- express route
more literal; used of physical journeys as well as careers
- shortcut
informal and broader — any quicker way, official or not
- accelerated programme
formal; specifically a structured course or scheme
- slow track
the ordinary, longer route through the same system
文法句型
on the fast-track
the fast-track to + noun
用法筆記
Usually refers to a special route inside a company, school, or other institution, especially one leading to promotion or another valued goal. Almost always preceded by 'the'.
常見錯誤
on the fast track
idiommoving through a job, a course, or an approval process more rapidly than the people or cases around you, usually because someone in charge has chosen to speed things up.
走快速通道
Meera has been on the fast track since her first year and now leads the Tokyo office.
The vaccine was on the fast track for emergency use across European hospitals.
fast-track — 形容詞
1. describing a programme, application, or process that has been arranged to move m
加急的
經過特別安排、比標準流程更快的
describing a programme, application, or process that has been arranged to move more rapidly than the standard one — used before a noun, not after 'be'.
Christopher applied for a fast-track visa to start his new job in Berlin.
Christopher 申請了加急簽證，準備到柏林開始新工作。
attributive: fast-track + noun (visa)
The hospital opened a fast-track clinic for patients with minor injuries.
這家醫院為輕傷病患開設了一個快速門診。
collocation: fast-track clinic / scheme / programme
Eri's law firm offers a fast-track partnership route to junior lawyers who win big cases.
Eri 任職的律師事務所為打贏大案的年輕律師提供快速升合夥人的管道。
The council promised fast-track approval for housing projects in the flood-damaged area.
市議會承諾，為水災受創地區的住宅案提供快速核准。
collocation: fast-track approval
- fast-track scheme
- fast-track approval
- fast-track visa
- fast-track clinic
- expedited
more formal; common in legal and medical writing
- accelerated
broader; works in education and careers as well as approvals
文法句型
fast-track + noun (programme, scheme, application, approval)
用法筆記
Attributive only — sits before the noun it modifies. Cannot be used after 'be': we say 'a fast-track scheme', not 'the scheme is fast-track'.
常見錯誤
fast-track — 動詞
- fast-trackpresent simple I / you / we / they
- fast-tracks3rd person singular
- fast-tracking-ing form
- fast-trackedpast simple
1. to move a project, a request, or a person through a system more rapidly than usu
加速處理
讓案件或人比平常更快通過某個系統
to move a project, a request, or a person through a system more rapidly than usual, by skipping or shortening some of the normal steps — often done because the matter is urgent or the person is unusually talented.
The factory fast-tracked the new battery design after rivals released a similar product.
工廠在競爭對手推出類似產品後，加速處理了新電池的設計案。
transitive: fast-track + project noun
Reuben was fast-tracked through the training programme and given his own team within a year.
Reuben 被一路加速送過訓練課程，一年內就有了自己的團隊。
passive: be fast-tracked through + [system]
Parliament agreed to fast-track the bill so it could pass before the summer break.
國會同意加速處理這項法案，好讓它在夏休前通過。
collocation: fast-track a bill / law
Talia asked the hospital to fast-track her father's surgery because his condition was getting worse.
Talia 因為父親病情惡化，請醫院加速處理他的手術安排。
Three asylum applications from the camp were fast-tracked after journalists raised the case.
在記者報導後，營區有三件庇護申請被加速處理。
passive: be fast-tracked
- fast-track a project
- fast-track an application
- fast-track a bill
- be fast-tracked through training
- expedite
formal; usually limited to applications, requests, or shipments
- accelerate
broader; covers physical speed as well as processes
- speed up
informal everyday equivalent
文法句型
fast-track + noun (project, application, person)
be fast-tracked + through + [system]
用法筆記
Frequently passive, especially when a person is the object — 'be fast-tracked' marks the system, not the person, as the agent. Object is usually something an institution controls (a bill, an application, a candidate, a product).
常見錯誤
同根字
- fast-tracking名詞C1
- fast-tracked形容詞C1
常見搭配
名詞搭配
- fast-track scheme
- fast-track approval
- fast-track visa
- fast-track clinic
- fast-track applicant
常用片語
- join the fast-track
- place on the fast-track
- be fast-tracked through training
介系詞搭配
- on the fast-track
- in the fast-track
- fast-track to + [goal]
- fast-track through + [system]