單詞
posthaste
英 ['p??st'he?st]
美['post'hest]
基本信息
- adj. 特快的，快速的
- n. 特快，火速
- adv. 特快地，盡快地
英文詞源
- posthaste (adv.)
- 1590s, from a noun (1530s) meaning "great speed," usually said to be from "post haste" instruction formerly written on letters (attested from 1530s), from post (adv.) + haste (n.). The verb post "to ride or travel with great speed" is recorded from 1550s.
雙語例句
- 1. Medical aid must be sent to the stricken area posthaste.
- 災區(qū)需用醫(yī)藥,急如星火.
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 2. Please come and help me posthaste, I really need you.
- 請盡快來幫我, 我非常需要你.
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- 3. Please send your answer to me posthaste.
- 請盡快回信答復我.
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- 4. Note: Anyone who received a signing bonus will be required to return it, posthaste, with interest.
- 注意: 任何收到年度花紅的人要火速退回花紅包括利息.
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