quicken
英 ['kwɪk(ə)n]
美['kwɪkən]
- vi. 加快；变活跃；进入胎动期
- vt. 加快；鼓舞；使复活
词态变化
第三人称单数: quickens;过去式: quickened;过去分词: quickened;现在分词: quickening;
中文词源
quicken 使复活，苏醒，加快
来自quick,有生命的，快速的，-en,使。
英英释意
- 1. move faster;
- "The car accelerated"
- 2. make keen or more acute;
- "whet my appetite"
- 3. give life or energy to;
- "The cold water invigorated him"
- 4. show signs of life;
- "the fetus quickened"
- 5. give new life or energy to;
- "A hot soup will revive me"
- "This will renovate my spirits"
- "This treatment repaired my health"
英文词源
- quicken (v.)
- c. 1300, "come to life; give life to," from quick (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "become faster" is from 1805. Related: Quickened; quickening. An earlier verb was simply quick (c. 1200), from Old English gecwician.
考试真题
- quicken the pace of industrialization
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that uttering the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone's pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A
实用场景例句
- I actually felt my heart quicken.
- 我感觉心跳真的加快了。
柯林斯例句
- She felt her heartbeat quicken as he approached.
- 随着他的走近，她觉得自己的心跳加速了。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- Good debate can quicken one's mind.
- 好的辩论能使人头脑敏锐.
《现代英汉综合大词典》
- He quicken his pace, and took up new threads of talk.
- 他加快脚步, 找了些新的话题谈着.
辞典例句
- Something seemed to quicken her to a determination.
- 好象有什么事激动了她,使她打定了主意.
辞典例句
- A good debate can quicken one's mind.
- 有意义的辩论能使人的大脑更加敏锐.
辞典例句
- Suppose that we quicken the tempo of human life till men are senile at thirty.
- 假定我们就是要加速人生的速度,使得人满三十就衰老.
英汉文学
- Unlike its competitors, Quicken had a simple user interface, and was fast and easy to install.
- 与其竞争对手不同, Quicken具有简易的用户界面, 而且安装快捷、简便.
互联网
- In view of the time limit , we have to quicken our pace.
- 考虑到问题的严重性,在事态进一步恶化之前, 必须采取有效的措施.
互联网
- P 2 P besides quicken, also can prevent dead link on certain level.
- P2P除了加速外, 也能在一定程度上防止死链接.
互联网
- The order came back to quicken up the pace of advance.
- 有命令传回说要加快前进的步伐.
互联网
- Odours, when sweet violets sicken , live within the sense they quicken.
- 甜蜜的紫罗兰已经开败,嗅觉中还留有它的芬芳.
互联网
- In the light purple brilliance and fragrance, I quicken unconsciously my step.
- 在这浅紫色的光辉和浅紫色的芳香中, 我不觉加快了脚步.
互联网
- Advances in design and production help quicken the process.
- 设计和生产的进步加速了这一进程.
互联网
- Your heart beat will quicken when you run up the stairs.
- 跑上楼梯时,心跳会加速.
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