Speedy

(superl.) Not dilatory or slow; quick; swift; nimble; hasty; rapid in motion or performance; as, a speedy flight; on speedy foot.

整理:朱莉安娜

• Of all changes, he said, there is none so speedy or so sure as the conversion of the ambitious youth into the avaricious one. 柏拉图. 理想国.
• Probably the chief cause of devotion to rigidity of method is, however, that it seems to promise speedy, accurately measurable, correct results. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• Nay, pardon me, he replied; I have no right to command or reproach; but my life hangs on your departure and speedy return. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• There was no promise of a speedy departure in his composed bearing and his comfortable attitude. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• What qualities are there for which a man gets so speedy a return of applause, as those of bodily superiority, activity, and valour? 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• Almost all these gentlemen were in heart partisans of the Emperor, and had their opinions about the speedy end of the campaign. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• But to gather in this great harvest of truth was no light or speedy work. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• He was both out of pocket and out of spirits by that catastrophe, failed in his health, and prophesied the speedy ruin of the Empire. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
• No man could crush a butterfly on the wheel with better effect; no man better cover a speedy retreat from a powerful adversary. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• She is an armored cruiser, and is one of the latest and most speedy of that type. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
• That they will become a speedier and cheaper mode of conveyance than carriages drawn by horses. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
• This was the speediest way to reinforce Warren who was confronting the enemy on both the Orange plank and turnpike roads. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• As the speediest way of getting rid of him, Mr. Luker had at once declared that he had no money. 威尔基·柯林斯. 月亮宝石.

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