quick /kwɪk/ star5 CET4 TEM4 (quicker,quickest)

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  ADJ（形容词） Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed. 快的; 迅速的

  例：

  You'll have to be quick. The flight leaves in about three hours.

  你得快点了，那个航班大约3小时后就起飞了。

• 2.  

  ADV（副词） quickly 快地; 迅速地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  Cussane worked quickly and methodically.

  丘萨恩干得快而且有条不紊。

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  ADV（副词） Quicker is sometimes used to mean "at a greater speed," and quickest to mean "at the greatest speed." Quick is sometimes used to mean "with great speed." Some people consider this to be non-standard. 有时分别用(quick)、(quicker)和(quickest)表示“以很快的速度”、“以更快的速度”和“以最快的速度”，但有人认为此用法并不规范 [非正式][ADV after v]

  例：

  Warm the sugar slightly first to make it dissolve quicker.

  首先把糖微微加热让它更快地溶化。

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  ADJ（形容词） Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time. 短暂的

  例：

  He took one last quick look around the room.

  他朝房间匆匆扫了最后一眼。

• 5.  

  ADV（副词） quickly 短暂地 [ADV with v]

  例：

  You can get in shape quite quickly and easily.

  你能又快又容易地恢复好身段。

• 6.  

  ADJ（形容词） Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay. 立刻发生的; 很快发生的

  例：

  Officials played down any hope for a quick end to the bloodshed.

  官员们对快速了结这场流血冲突不抱太大希望。

• 7.  

  ADV（副词） quickly 立刻 [ADV with v]

  例：

  We need to get it back as quickly as possible.

  我们需要尽快把它拿回来。

• 8.  

  ADV（副词） Quick is sometimes used to mean "with very little delay." 马上 [非正式][ADV after v]

  例：

  I got away as quick as I could.

  我尽快地离开了。

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  ADJ（形容词） If you are quick to do something, you do not hesitate to do it. 毫不迟疑的 [v-link ADJ]

  例：

  Mark says the ideas are Katie's own, and is quick to praise her talent.

  马克说这些主意都是凯蒂自己的，接着便毫不迟疑地称赞她的才干。

• 10.  

  ADJ（形容词） If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry. (性情) 暴躁的; 易怒的 [ADJ n]

  例：

  He readily admitted to the interviewer that he had a quick temper, with a tendency toward violence.

  他欣然向采访者承认他性情暴躁，有暴力倾向。

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  （） quick as a flash →see flash