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

• Progress might have been swifter without the misallocation of resources that diverted capital to sectors such as finance and telecoms, rather than agriculture.
  假如不是资源配置失当，导致资金流入金融和电信等行业，而非农业部门，那么进展或许会更大。
• I doubt if there's a swifter man in the kingdom.
  我怀疑在王国中是否有一个更迅速人。
• 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”。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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；
• Whether that reformer arrives soon to deliver better infrastructure, swifter justice and good governance is less clear.
  但这位改革者是否会在近期出现并打造更完善的基础设施、更迅捷的司法程序、更好的治理却不太明朗。
• 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。
• "These three Latin words mean" Swifter, Higher, Stronger.
  这三个拉丁语单词的意思就是“更快、更高、更强”。
• About the woods, go swifter than the wind.
  就在这片树林里，比风还快地去找。