hasty

IPA/ˈheɪsti/
KK[hˈesti]IPA/ˈheɪsti/

hasty — 形容詞

  • 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

倉促;草率

行動或決定過快,缺乏周全考慮

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.

買二手車時,倉促的決定可能讓你日後花費數千元的維修費。

collocation: hasty decision

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

Okafor 教授提醒學生不要單憑一次實驗就草率下結論。

collocation: hasty conclusions

常見搭配
  • hasty decision
  • hasty conclusion
  • hasty judgment
  • hasty promise
  • hasty generalization
  • hasty words
  • hasty actions
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

倉皇

迅速離開以避開窘境或麻煩

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.

野餐的人群在雨開始下時倉皇撤退到車上。

collocation: hasty retreat

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

那位尷尬的服務生把湯灑在客人襯衫上後,趕緊倉皇離開。

fixed phrase: beat a hasty retreat

常見搭配
  • hasty retreat
  • beat a hasty retreat
  • hasty exit
  • hasty departure
  • hasty escape
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.

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常見搭配

副詞搭配

  • too hasty
  • rather hasty
  • a little hasty
  • somewhat hasty
  • unduly hasty

常用片語

  • hasty retreat
  • beat a hasty retreat
  • hasty exit
  • hasty conclusion

介系詞搭配

  • hasty in (his judgment)
  • hasty in (leaving)