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词汇 pell-mell
释义 pell-mell
adverb
 old-fashioneduk /ˌpelˈmel/ us /ˌpelˈmel/
very fast and not organized: 忙乱地,匆忙地
At the sound of the alarm bell, the customers ran pell-mell for the doors.顾客们听到警报声慌忙向门口跑去。
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Examples of pell-mell


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Or is it actually a stronger message about the need to be more cautious and exploratory before going pell-mell down the path of primary health care research?
In a recent speech he referred to the "pell-mell pace" of change.
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They were driven, pell-mell, from their seat by the rapid advance of the enemy.
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There is a great danger that people push pell-mell for one subject, considering nothing else.
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We have been pushed pell-mell into this situation, with totally inadequate thought.
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A huge cauldron containing urban issues, industrial zones, rural areas and maritime facades, all pell-mell.
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He is interested in selling off these lorries helter-skelter, pell-mell, as fast as he can, irrespective of the consequences to the country.
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He has had a pell-mell round of meetings, coming from one and going to another.
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The pressures that a pell-mell rush towards a single currency would put on weak economies are increasingly understood.
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Far too often, legislation is rushed through pell-mell, without proper consideration, and we do not consider its effect.
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It will give universities a welcome breathing space after the recent pell-mell pace of change and an opportunity to ensure that every mechanism is in place to maintain quality.
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Larrick was spellbound with the drama and with the flight of beautiful moments and colors, following pell-mell as in a kaleidoscope whirled at top speed.
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Shatner tries to disguise language and narrative weaknesses under a blizzard of futuristic details and a pell-mell plot.
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No power on earth could stop the poor thirsty beasts; bellowing and lowing they ran pell-mell for the water, with the cowboys in hot pursuit.
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The torpedo may be said therefore to have excluded the pell-mell battle and the use of the ram except on rare occasions.
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