hasty

将“hasty”与“hurry”联想，想象一个人因为匆忙（hurry）而做事草率（hasty），通过重复这个场景来帮助记忆单词的含义。

hasty 仓促的，草率的

来自haste,仓促。

hasty (adj.)

mid-14c., "early; demanding haste, urgent; quick-tempered, angry;" late 14c. "speedy, swift, quick," by 1500s, from haste (n.) + -y (2); replacing or nativizing earlier hastif (c. 1300) "eager, impetuous," from Old French hastif "speedy, rapid; forward, advanced; rash, impetuous" (12c., Modern French hâtif), from haste (see haste (n.)). Meaning "requiring haste" is late 14c. (this is the sense in hasty-pudding, 1590s, so called because it was made quickly); that of "eager, rash" is from early 15c. Related: Hastiness. Old French also had a form hasti (for loss of terminal -f, compare joli/jolif, etc.), which may have influenced the form of the English word.

1. So let's not be hasty. After all, he can't run away.

所以我们不要鲁莽行事。毕竟他是跑不掉的。

2. I made a hasty exit and managed to open the gate.

我匆忙离开并设法打开了大门。

3. The Government should not be pressured into making hasty decisions.

政府不应该迫于压力仓促作出决定。

4. She refused to be panicked into a hasty marriage.

她不愿因恐慌而仓促结婚。

5. The letter was handwritten, in a hasty, barely decipherable scrawl.

这封信是仓促手写而成，潦草得几乎无法辨认。

【hasty, urgent, prompt, instant】
hasty: 匆忙的，草率的
urgent: 紧迫的，紧急的
prompt: 快速的，及时的
instant: 立即的，指几乎察觉不到的时间段

【hasty, quick, prompt, fast, instant, rapid, speedy, swift】
hasty: 多指匆忙、草率或仓促的行动，着重缺乏深思熟虑。
quick: 特指瞬时动作，强调动作敏捷迅速；也指匆忙的行为，而不暗示速度很快。
prompt: 主要指动作迅速，毫不拖延，含“快得令人愉悦”的意味。
fast: 常指人或物持续地高速运动，强调运动的方式。
instant: 指某事很快发生或急待解决，含刻不容缓之意。
rapid: 比fast和quick正式，常指运动本身，侧重速度惊人。所指动作可能是短暂的，也可能是持续的。
speedy: 指人或物或其运动、活动时，着重极度的快捷，多含匆忙意味。
swift: 正式用词，强调非常迅速，往往含动作轻快敏捷之意。