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词汇 fast-lane
释义 fast lane
noun[ C ]
uk /ˈfɑːst ˌleɪn/ us /ˈfæst ˌleɪn/
the lane(= a strip of road) where vehicles travel at the fastest speed, on a main road that has more than one lane in each direction: (主路上的)快车道
in the fast laneHe was driving too close to another car in the fast lane.
Lone drivers will have to pay a toll to use the fast lanes.
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slow lane
[ usually singular ]
a situation in which life is exciting or full of activity and success, but may also be full of stress(= worry) or danger:
life in the fast laneShe had been living life in the fast lane, drinking too much and eating junk food.
Meeting his future wife helped ease him out of the fast lane.
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slow lane
something that allows someone to make progress or to achieve something quickly, without waiting for as long as other people:
The pass will contain biometric information and enable users to join specially designated fast lanes at some US airports.
This competition gives athletes a fast lane to the next Olympics.
Synonym
fast track
Have you ever had a tyre blowout in the fast lane of a motorway?
The fast lane is currently closed on both carriageways due to roadworks.
I have experienced life in the corporate fast lane and it's horrendous.
At the age of 72, living in the fast lane held no attraction for him.
Many successful athletes have been tempted by this fast lane, getting into trouble and alienating loyal friends.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

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asphalting
bike lane
bitumen
black spot
cycle lane
cycle track
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gravel
paver
paving stone
potholed
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ramp
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traffic island
unploughed
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Exciting and interesting
Ways of achieving things
Examples from literature

But they want to use the fast lanes. 
In some countries there are special fast lanes for carpools. 
People say some funny things when police stop them in a fast lane. 
Then they can use the fast lane. 

fast lane | Business English


fast lane
noun
ukus
 the fast lane
a situation in which a company or group is making progress very quickly, often more quickly than its competitors:
Today's annual report proves that the corporation is well and truly back in the fast lane.
 life in the fast lane
a very busy and exciting way of life:
Stress is often one of the downsides of life in the fast lane.
→ fast track

Examples of fast lane


fast lane
Only yesterday the fast track was one of the hottest nouns in chicspeak, until it was shunted aside and passed by the fastlane.
Speed congenics : a classic technique in the fastlane (relatively speaking).
In this narrative of diverging transitions, the fastlane is the lane into social exclusion.
Our systematic review examines this assumption by anchoring the concept of exclusion in the experiences of those who are seen to be on the fastlane towards it.
The fastlane is populated by young people from poorer backgrounds, and without the cultural capital secured through an advantaged social background and high educational qualifications.
To do so, they have to occupy the fastlane which, owing to their nearly identical speeds, they occupy far too long.
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Cars turn right and wait in long queues well out into the fastlane.
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Fourthly, much longer turn-off lanes to the junction could be constructed, so that more cars can queue without sticking out into the fastlane.
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Attempts to do so through the fastlane would be highly dangerous, even with the necessary reconstruction of present slip roads.
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It is not the fastlane, and motorists should not think of it as such.
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That would have kept coaches that get around the law, by being under 12m long, out of the fastlane.
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The moment a motorist sees a car flashing its lights in the fastlane he does his utmost to clear the lane.
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Will he also look into the case for making the third lane on a motorway the fastlane with a higher speed limit?
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The slow lane should be for lorries and the fastlane for private cars.
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What does that mean, other than suggesting that it is desirable to be in the fastlane?
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