| 词汇 | breakneck |
| 释义 | breakneck adjective[ before noun ] uk /ˈbreɪk.nek/ us /ˈbreɪk.nek/ carelessly fast and dangerous: 高速而危险的 They were riding along at breakneck speed/at a breakneck pace.他们骑飞车，非常危险。 at a fast speed fastHe drives too fast for my liking. quicklyThe problem needs to be solved as quickly as possible. swiftlyHe left and returned swiftly. brisklyWe walked briskly through the park. precipitouslyShare prices dropped precipitously on the economic news. 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 in the twinkling of an eyeidiom Jack Robinson lickety-split light speed lightning like a shotidiom prompt souped-up speed of light spread like wildfireidiom streak super-express superfast wildfire breakneck | American Dictionarybreakneck adjective us/ˈbreɪkˌnek/ dangerously fast: They were cycling along at breakneck speed. Examples of breakneckbreakneck You can see that things in this field are developing at breakneck speed. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English It had a breakneck timescale within which to reach its conclusions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It has been moved in an unavoidably complex and dense way, and also at breakneck speed, which makes it somewhat difficult for us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Dairy farmers are going out of business in this country at breakneck speed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It spilled over into a new breakneck consumer boom, and it has had two effects. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Previous strategies to harmonise technical regulations have not been able to keep up with the breakneck pace of developments in the air transport sector. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English We are working at breakneck pace, month in month out. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In urban areas, the urban reinvention programme—in truth, the urban post office closure programme—is occurring at breakneck speed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We should not rush through these amendments at breakneck speed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He gabbles through his material at breakneck speed, hardly pausing for breath between the sentences. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 However, we reserve the right to apply the brakes if we believe that the train is travelling at ruinous or breakneck speed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I mention this only to emphasise that a breakneck rush to privatisation may have social results which could have serious political repercussions. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He advanced the reasons at breakneck speed and with an uncharacteristic lack of conviction. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I wish the rearmament programme were a bit more breakneck than we have been hearing about to-day. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We cannot simply proceed at breakneck speed with these changes without carrying the people with us. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 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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