| 词汇 | posthaste |
| 释义 | posthaste adverb old-fashionedformaluk /ˌpəʊstˈheɪst/ us /ˌpoʊstˈheɪst/ as fast as possible: 以最高速度，全速 They travelled posthaste to Rome to collect the award.他们急急忙忙地赶到罗马去领奖。 Fast and rapid (at) full speed/tilt/peltidiom apace as fast as your legs would carry youidiom as if it is going out of styleidiom at a rate of knotsidiom fleet hypersonic in the twinkling of an eyeidiom Jack Robinson lickety-split light speed lightning prompt souped-up speed of light spread like wildfireidiom streak super-express superfast wildfire Examples of posthasteposthaste The clear solution was to remove these lower-class youths from the streets posthaste. From Slate Magazine It should be coming posthaste. From Los Angeles Times He was in evening dress, having been summoned posthaste from the theater. From Project Gutenberg He was thinking on ending the interview as quickly and conveniently as he might, and hurrying posthaste to those speculative ones. From Project Gutenberg His essays are regarded as among the most brilliant in the language, and seem to have been written posthaste, at full swing. From Project Gutenberg He returned posthaste, only to be met with her unconquerable silence. From Project Gutenberg He knew then that there could be but one answer, and he headed for the control room posthaste. From Project Gutenberg He began to dress posthaste in order to put time and space between his threat and its retraction. From Project Gutenberg He sent posthaste for reinforcements. From Project Gutenberg I'll ship it to you posthaste, man. From Project Gutenberg The minute word reaches the city that the plan has miscarried there will be some one up here posthaste to destroy or remove any damaging evidence we may have overlooked. From Project Gutenberg When it broke out he enlisted in the navy, and because he was partially equipped in radio they sent him off posthaste to a wireless school. From Project Gutenberg His recollections of the renowned blacksmith and the runaway couples he had often seen riding posthaste to the smithy, with pursuers close behind perhaps, were very interesting. From Project Gutenberg 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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