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单词 expeditious
释义
expeditious
adjective
formal
uk
/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.əs/us
/ˌek.spəˈdɪʃ.əs/
quick:
迅速的；敏捷的
Thebankwas expeditious inreplyingto myletter.银行很快就给我回了信。
Synonyms
fast(QUICK)
quick
rapid
speedy
swift
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples
fast
  • fastI tried to catch him, but he was too fast for me.
  • quickI tried to catch him, but he was too quick for me.
  • promptA prompt reply would be very much appreciated.
  • speedyEveryone is hoping for a speedy resolution to the conflict.
  • swiftThe teacher's swift action saved his life.
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hurrying and doing things quickly
  • accelerate
  • acceleration
  • against the clockidiom
  • against time/the clockidiom
  • alacrity
  • dash
  • grab-and-go
  • grease
  • hacky
  • haste
  • hasten
  • prompt
  • promptly
  • promptness
  • quickie
  • rattlesomethingoff
  • rattle throughsomething
  • snap
  • stroke
  • tear
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expeditiously
(Definition ofexpeditiousfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexpeditious

expeditious
When distinctive moral traditions are unwilling to participate inexpeditiousreform, they are perceived as petrified and dogmatic.
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As early as 1942, a consensus had developed in favour of anexpeditioustrial programme.
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The advantages ofexpeditioussurgical hemostasis and wound closure, and the absence of significant hemodynamic effect, have supported this practice.
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They suggest that clinician familiarity with these concepts may lead to moreexpeditiouswithdrawal of unwanted medical support from terminally ill patients.
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When the disruptive factor strikes during a different gestational period, some other brain regions are most likely undergoingexpeditiousdevelopment; thus, the risk for schizophrenia may not be increased.
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Expeditious(life event) and enduring factors (for example poor housing, financial problems, other chronic health conditions) are seen as linked factors invoking the need for care by children.
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The prime purpose of air traffic control is to ensure the safe andexpeditiousmovement of aircraft—this will not change in the event of privatisation.
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A far moreexpeditiousmethod in case of need would be to make use of the 15 yeomanry regiments.
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It is a simple andexpeditiousway of requiring the applicant to establish his bona fides.
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The householder wants to dispose of the property and is anxious to have a quick andexpeditiousservice.
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I am satisfied that the present arrangements provide for sufficientlyexpeditiousaction.
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Here is an officer of the medical branch who will beexpeditious.
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It is the queueing of lorries and the organisation of ships that is holding back theexpeditioususe of the new techniques we have.
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The work will be brought there to be put together in the mostexpeditiousmanner on a simple standardised design.
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The target days are of course without prejudice to any moreexpeditioushandling which may be achieved locally.
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