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H0080400 (hā′stē)adj. hast·i·er, hast·i·est 1. Done or made with haste, especially:a. Done or made without due consideration or attention; precipitate or cursory: a hasty decision; a hasty conclusion. See Synonyms at impetuous.b. Done or made rapidly due to pressing circumstances: beat a hasty retreat; bid a hasty goodbye.2. a. Acting with too much speed or haste; hurried: Don't be too hasty in taking sides.b. Impatient or rudely abrupt: "Oh, what would I not give if I had been less hasty with her! It is dreadful to remember that I spoke to her as a servant whom I expected to obey me" (Wilkie Collins).

hast′i·ly adv.hast′i·ness n.

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(ˈheɪstɪ) adj, -tier or -tiest1. rapid; swift; quick2. excessively or rashly quick3. short-tempered4. showing irritation or anger: hasty words. ˈhastily adv ˈhastiness n

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(ˈheɪ sti)

adj. hast•i•er, hast•i•est. 1. moving or acting with haste; speedy; hurried. 2. made or done with haste or speed: a hasty visit. 3. precipitate; rash: a hasty decision. 4. brief; fleeting; superficial: a hasty glance. 5. easily irritated or angered; irascible. [1300–50; Middle English < Middle French hasti, hastif] hast′i•ly, adv. hast′i•ness, n.

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hasting, hasty - An early-ripening fruit or vegetable is a hasting and such a food that ripens early is termed "hasty."
hasty pudding - An ancient dish of flour boiled in water to thick consistency, with milk or beer added afterwards.
festinate, festination - If something is hasty or hurried, it is festinate, and to festinate is to walk fast, make haste; festination is "haste, speed."
precipitous, precipitate - Precipitous, "hasty, sudden and dramatic," is used in relation to physical or natural objects; precipitate, "done with great haste," relates to human actions or processes.

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Adj.	1.	hasty - excessively quick; "made a hasty exit"; "a headlong rush to sell"headlonghurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"
	2.	hasty - done with very great haste and without due deliberation; "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"overhasty, precipitant, precipitate, precipitoushurried - moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"

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adjective1. speedy, fast, quick, prompt, rapid, fleet, hurried, urgent, swift, brisk, expeditious they need to make a hasty escape.
speedy slow, leisurely2. brief, short, quick, passing, rushed, fleeting, superficial, cursory, perfunctory, transitory After the hasty meal, they took up their positions.
brief long, protracted3. rash, premature, reckless, precipitate, impulsive, headlong, foolhardy, thoughtless, impetuous, indiscreet, imprudent, heedless, incautious, unduly quick Let's not be hasty.
rash detailed, careful, cautious, thorough, thoughtful

hasty

adjective1. Accomplished in very little time:brief, expeditious, fast, flying, hurried, quick, rapid, short, speedy, swift.2. Characterized by unthinking boldness and haste:brash, foolhardy, harum-scarum, headlong, hotheaded, ill-considered, impetuous, improvident, impulsive, incautious, madcap, precipitant, precipitate, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, unconsidered.

Translations

仓促的动辄要发火的草率的

haste

(heist) noun (too much) speed. Your work shows signs of haste – there are too many mistakes in it.急速hasten (ˈheisn) verb1. to (cause to) move with speed. He hastened towards me; We must hasten the preparations.加速2. to do at once. He hastened to add an explanation.赶紧ˈhasty adjective1. done etc in a hurry. a hasty snack.仓促的2. acting or done with too much speed and without thought. She is too hasty – she should think carefully before making such an important decision; a hasty decision.草率的3. easily made angry. a hasty temper.动辄要发火的ˈhastily adverb急速地ˈhastiness noun 火急，轻率，性急 in haste in a hurry; quickly. I am writing in haste before leaving for the airport. 急速，匆忙，草率 make haste to hurry. 赶快

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beat a (hasty) retreat

To leave a place or situation quickly. I beat a hasty retreat when I saw my ex-boyfriend walk into the party. When the rain started, everyone on the field beat a retreat indoors.See also: beat, retreat

beat a (hasty) retreat

to withdraw from a place very quickly. We went out into the cold weather, but beat a retreat to the warmth of our fire. The dog beat a hasty retreat to its own yard.See also: beat, retreat

beat a retreat

Also, beat a hasty retreat. Reverse course or withdraw, usually quickly. For example, I really don't want to run into Jeff-let's beat a retreat. This term originally (1300s) referred to the military practice of sounding drums to call back troops. Today it is used only figuratively, as in the example above. See also: beat, retreat

beat a hasty retreat

If you beat a hasty retreat, you leave a place quickly in order to avoid an embarrassing or dangerous situation. Cockburn decided it was time to beat a hasty retreat. Note: People sometimes just say that someone beats a retreat. I can still beat a retreat to my own hotel, and pretend that none of this ever happened. Note: Other adjectives such as quick and rapid are sometimes used instead of hasty. You weren't tempted to change your mind and beat a quick retreat?See also: beat, hasty, retreat

beat a hasty retreat

withdraw, typically in order to avoid something unpleasant. In former times, a drumbeat could be used to keep soldiers in step while they were retreating.See also: beat, hasty, retreat

beat a (hasty) reˈtreat

go away quickly from somebody/something: I had a terrible headache from all the noise and smoke at the party, so my wife and I beat a hasty retreat.In the past, the beat of a drum was sometimes used to keep soldiers marching in the same rhythm when they were retreating (= moving away from the enemy).See also: beat, retreat

beat a retreat

To make a hasty withdrawal.See also: beat, retreat

beat a (hasty/quick) retreat, to

To withdraw, back down, or reverse course, usually without delay. The term comes from the military practice of sounding drums to recall troops behind the lines, or to some other position. In earlier days wind instruments, most often trumpets, were used for this purpose. Among the references to this practice is “Thai had blawen the ratret,” in John Barbour’s The Bruce (1375). Much later the expression was used figuratively to mean the same as the simple verb to retreat, and then, in the mid-nineteenth century, it became a cliché. A newer version is to beat a strategic retreat, basically a euphemism for a forced withdrawal. It came into use during World War I, as the German high command’s explanation of retiring from the Somme in 1917. In the civilian vocabulary, it came to mean yielding a point or backing down from a position in an argument.See also: beat

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adj speedy

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adj brief

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adj rash

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adj accomplished in very little time

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adj characterized by unthinking boldness and haste

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adj excessively quick

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adj done with very great haste and without due deliberation

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