minister of social security, quickly commissioned a study to determine the causes of and possible cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.
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Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn't disappearing as quickly as some would argue - that it has instead shifted to immigrants.
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible
出自-2013年6月閱讀原文
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ADJ-GRADED
快的;迅速的;急速的
Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed.
例句
You'll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours...
你得快點了，飛機大約3小時后起飛。
I think I'm a reasonably quick learner...
我認為我是一個學東西還算快的人。
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ADV-GRADED
(quicker 有時表示“以更快的速度”，quickest表示“以最快的速度”，quick有時表示“以很快的速度”，但有些人認為這種用法并不規范)
Quicker is sometimes used to mean 'at a greater speed', and quickest to mean 'at the greatest speed'. Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with great speed'. Some people consider this to be non-standard.
例句
Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve quicker...
先將糖稍稍加熱，以使其溶解得更快些。
Prost went quickest.
普羅斯特走得最快。
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ADJ-GRADED
短暫的;持續時間很短的
Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time.
例句
He took one last quick look about the room...
他朝房間匆匆掃了最后一眼。
I just popped in for a quick drink...
我只是順路過來小酌一杯。
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ADJ-GRADED
立刻發生的;很快發生的
Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay.
例句
Officials played down any hope for a quick end to the bloodshed...
官員們讓迅速結束這場流血沖突的希望變得渺茫起來。
These investors feel the need to make quick profits.
這些投資者覺得收益必須立竿見影。
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ADV-GRADED
迅速發生地;很快發生地
Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with very little delay'.
例句
I got away as quick as I could...
我盡快離開了。
Quick! John! It's Carmela. I think she's taken an overdose...
快來！約翰！卡梅拉出事了，我想她用藥過量了。
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ADJ-GRADED
立刻的;馬上的
If you are quick to do something, you do not hesitate to do it.
例句
Mark says the ideas are Katie's own, and is quick to praise her talent...
馬克說這些都是凱蒂自己的想法，并隨即稱贊起她的天賦來。
Furthermore, as Gervaise was quick to point out, Mr Scully was not a detective.
而且，正如熱爾韋斯毫不猶豫地指出來的那樣，斯庫利先生并不是一名偵探。
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ADJ-GRADED
性情急躁的;容易發怒的
If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry.
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PHRASE
咬到了指甲肉；咬禿指甲
If someone bites their nails to the quick, they bite off all the white part at the end of each nail.
例句
Her fingernails are bitten to the quick.
她的手指甲都被咬禿了。
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PHRASE
觸及（…）痛處;極大傷害；令…傷透了心
If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.
例句
I once heard her weeping in her bedroom, which cut me to the quick.
有一次，我聽見她在臥室里哭泣，這深深地刺痛了我的心。