swifter

英 [ˈswɪftə]

美 [ˈswɪftər]

adj.  迅即发生的; 马上做出的; 迅速的; 速度快的; 敏捷的; 矫健的
swift的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的
  Aswiftevent or process happens very quickly or without delay.
  1. Our task is to challenge the UN to make a swift decision...
     我们的任务是敦促联合国快速做出决策。
  2. The police were swift to act.
     警方行动迅速。
• ADJ-GRADED 快速移动的;速度非常快的
  Something that isswiftmoves very quickly.
  1. With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
     马修· 杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。
• 雨燕
  Aswiftis a small bird with long curved wings.

双语例句

• On the treadmill, this gentle pace felt as difficult as swifter running on the track.
  在跑步机上以较慢速度跑步与在跑道上以较快速度跑步的难度感觉是一样的。
• Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
  追赶我们的比空中的鹰更快。他们在山上追逼我们，在旷野埋伏，等候我们。
• We are filling unacceptable gaps revealed by the failed Christmas attack, with better airline security and swifter action on our intelligence.
  我们正在弥补圣诞节攻击事件暴露的不可接受的疏漏，增强了航空安全，为改善我国的情报工作更迅速地采取行动。
• Was your sword swifter than theirs combined?
  你的剑竟能快过此二人？
• Nor did he soften much in his disdain for the fruits of commercial society: cheaper cotton and swifter railways meant nothing to him;
  他也没有削弱自己对商品社会成果的鄙视：更便宜的棉花、更快捷的铁路对他来说毫无价值；
• But when bureaucracy and senseless red tape impede our ability to act and when poverty persists while international functionaries drag their feet African leaders have an obligation to opt for swifter solutions.
  但当官僚主义和无谓的烦琐程序阻碍了我们的行动能力之时，当贫困仍在肆虐而相关国际机构却在拖后腿之时，选择更快的解决问题方案，是非洲领导人义不容辞的责任。
• The U.S.and Japan initially sought a swifter and stronger Security Council resolution that would have imposed new sanctions on North Korea.
  美国和日本最初希望安理会通过一份反应更为迅速、措辞更为强硬的决议，对朝鲜实施新的制裁措施。
• The researchers say their findings prove why black people are more likely to sprint faster while white people make swifter swimmers.
  研究人员称他们的发现找到了黑人善跑而白人善游的原因。
• And the possibility of a swifter end to the recession could encourage euro-zone countries to push ahead with structural and institutional reforms.
  而且加快结束经济衰退的局面可以鼓励欧元区国家推动结构和机构改革。
• Since then, leaner and swifter GM has been transformed into a fighting machine.
  自那以后，通用汽车变得“身形小巧”，反应迅速，并脱胎换骨，成了一台“战斗车”。