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posthaste

/pohst-heyst/US // ˈpoʊstˈheɪst //UK // (ˈpəʊstˈheɪst) //

匆匆忙忙,匆匆忙忙地,匆匆忙忙的,匆匆忙忙赶来的

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Definitions

adv.副词 adverb
  1. 1
    • : with the greatest possible speed or promptness: to come to a friend's aid posthaste.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Archaic. great haste.

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Examples

  • In this, the smart Republican response is self-evident: Get behind a comprehensive reform bill posthaste.

  • By the hand of my groom, Robert Wilmay, who hath it in charge to ride posthaste.

  • Stroble thereupon sent posthaste to his supporters for more cash, and efforts were made to get the stubborn Senate to reconsider.

  • Had he but known the agony of spirit his daughter was experiencing he would have returned posthaste to Philadelphia.

  • The Rangers had brought in word that Lvis was coming posthaste to Montcalm's aid.

  • These words from his physician, and the spectacle of my friend, now reduced almost to a skeleton, sent me posthaste to Serampore.