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。
• 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。
• He had gone after Jama privately and demonstrated convincingly that the fist was swifter than the magic sword.
  他私下里找到贾马单挑，并向他证明了拳头要比魔法剑来得迅猛。
• "Swifter, higher and stronger" is one of the Olympic tenets.
  “更快、更高、更强”是奥林匹克运动宗旨之一。
• 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；
• My days are swifter than a weaver's shuttle, and they come to an end without hope.
  我的日子比梭更快、都消耗在无指望之中。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• About the woods, go swifter than the wind.
  就在这片树林里，比风还快地去找。