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

• 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。
• 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 political will for swifter and more effective rebalancing is not convincing.
  加快推出更有效的经济再平衡措施的政治意愿并不强烈。
• 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。
• While, in its swifter and livelier passages there appeared a channel-way of pebbles, and brown, sparkling sand.
  而在溪水畅通、流得欢快的地段，则露出河底的石子和闪光的褐砂。
• By the spirit of the Olympic games "swifter, higher and stronger" integrate beijing's national and international first-rate resources of science and technology and intelligence, boldly innovate and increase the s& t content of the2008 Olympic games.
  以“更快、更高、更强”的奥运精神，集成北京、全国以及国际一流科技和智力资源，大胆创新，提高2008年北京奥运会的科技含量。
• They are lobbying for fresh fiscal measures to help companies weather the global recession, steps to reform pensions and insurance, and swifter action to end the country's long-standing infrastructure problems.
  他们正游说政府采取新的财政措施，帮助企业度过全球经济衰退，着手改革养老金和保险问题，并迅速采取行动彻底解决该国长期的基础设施问题。
• The response to new outbreaks would be swifter and stronger; the administration of vaccines, broader.
  对新疫情爆发的反应将更加快速而有效，并且疫苗的投放范围将更为广泛。
• At present, the Olympic spirit of fair play, with its slogan of "swifter, higher and stronger", is widely spreading.
  现在，奥运会公平竞争的精神以及“更快、更高、更强”的口号正在被广泛推广。
• 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”。