| 词汇 | swiftness |
| 释义 | swiftness noun[ U ] uk /ˈswɪft.nəs/ us /ˈswɪft.nəs/ the quality of happening quickly or immediately: 快，迅速 He was surprised by the swiftness of the move.他对行动的迅速感到吃惊。 See swift The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock in Britain earlier this year illustrates the swiftness with which a disease can spread. Yesterday's earthquake hit with such unnerving swiftness that a sunny winter's day turned into chaos. Bayard was a horse of incredible swiftness. The government seems to have been taken by surprise by the swiftness, strength and unanimity of international condemnation. Speed of motion at full/half throttleidiom briskness burst of speed celerity clip clock ground speed haste hypersonic hypervelocity instantaneous velocity light speed momentum pace speed of light speed of sound speediness supersonically throttle velocity You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Immediately Examples of swiftnessswiftness The attractive swiftness of a three-line argument from origins to a first cause is undeniable. Therefore, it is suitable to compare the swiftness of different architectures or of different geometries of the same architecture. Travellers affirm the swiftness of retribution in most cases. Swiftness in a deer is a capacity which is part of its life form. He saw in his sleep the disk circling about the peg, with a swiftness that made it almost invisible and quite soundless. That is the place where swiftness of action is implied, if swiftness of action is required. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is, indeed, a problem which has come upon us with speed and swiftness and which will not yield to any single remedial measure. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Its swiftness is the only thing on which it can rely. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The swiftness of the response impressed me enormously. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is it a scheme which has about it the qualities both of smoothness and of swiftness? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It was considered necessary that you should proceed with swiftness and without a warrant at all. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am aware that such swiftness departs from convention; but, in this instance, we believe that it is fully merited. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 After all, team games evoke the best qualities of mind, courage, swiftness to appreciate situations, energy, and unselfishness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is perfectly possible for swiftness to be the very negation of justice. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The advantages of making the disqualification automatic are certainty, simplicity and swiftness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of swiftness 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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