hastening
present participle ofhasten
| 单词 | hastening |
| 释义 | hastening present participle ofhasten hasten verb formaluk/ˈheɪ.sən/us/ˈheɪ.sən/[T] to make somethinghappensooneror morequickly: There is littledoubtthatpoormedicaltreatmenthastened herdeath. Theserecentpoorresultshave hastened the manager'sdeparture. [+ to infinitive] If you hasten to do something, youquicklydo it: Thepresidenthastened toreassurehispeoplethat he was inperfecthealth. [+ to infinitive] If you hasten to say something, youwantto make itclear: It was anunfortunatedecisionand I hastentosay it had nothing to do with me. "People around heredresssobadly- except you, Justin," she hastenedtoadd. Hurrying and doing things quickly
Examplesofhasteninghastening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Based on these findings, concern abouthasteningdeath does not justify withholding opioid therapy. From theCambridge English Corpus What the cut does is to remove a repetition of the seven lines, and this has the effect ofhasteningthe arrival at the climax. From theCambridge English Corpus Here the seriousness of the illness has little effect onhasteningthe operation. From theCambridge English Corpus They see this not simply as a long-term objective but one to be targeted immediately with the regulators charged with activelyhasteningtheir own demise. From theCambridge English Corpus We could stipulate that any sort of change,hastening, or delay, however small, will turn one event into another. From theCambridge English Corpus Subsequent legislation varied the conditions, but the essential requirement of fencing remained, thushasteningthe spread of fences, and the end of shepherding. From theCambridge English Corpus Hundreds of other carriages, crowded with their thousands of men, werehasteningto the great city. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the regeneration is largely controlled by man, is it possible to derive better strategies to shorten the non-productive phase byhasteningthe growth of the juveniles? From theCambridge English Corpus One would particularly like to know whether the intensity of coital thrusting is an important factor inhasteningovulation, and whether the emotions of the female have a contributing effect. From theCambridge English Corpus Clouds of whispers fade away into the blue space, as fugitive wingshasteningto a distant horizon. From theCambridge English Corpus Conversely, the medicalised association between disability and advanced ageing has legitimised policies forhasteningthe social, and in some cases the actual, death of disabled people. From theCambridge English Corpus Since the 1960s and increased international aid the population has grown and, despite the safety valve of emigration, outgrown the natural resourceshasteningdegradation of the agricultural base. From theCambridge English Corpus Suic ide,hasteningdeath, and psychiatry. From theCambridge English Corpus One way ofhasteningharmonisation would be to increase stamp duty to the higher average of continental countries with the minimum fuss. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There is now a new reason forhasteningslowly on enlargement. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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