基本释义
- adj.
- 迅速的; 敏捷的; 立刻的; 突然发生的
- n.
- 雨燕; 环球金融同业电讯会; [人]斯威夫特，《格利佛游记》作者
实用例句
swift action
迅速的行动
牛津词典
a swift decision
迅即作出的决定
牛津词典
The White House was swift to deny the rumours.
白宫立刻对这些传言予以否认。
牛津词典
a swift current
湍急的水流
牛津词典
a swift runner
跑得飞快的人
牛津词典
She moved swiftly to the rescue.
她迅速赶来营救。
牛津词典
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。
The police were swift to act.
警方行动迅速。
With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
马修· 杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。
The landing is both swift and sure.
落地既快又稳.
期刊摘选
He is swift with his judgments.
他判断迅速.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The domestic electronic payment is assuming the geometry numerical expression swift growth.
国内电子支付正呈几何数式地快速增长.
期刊摘选
He made a remarkably swift recovery.
他康复得相当快.
《简明英汉词典》
He is as swift of foot as a hare.
他跑得像兔子一样快.
《简明英汉词典》
Swept along by the swift current, he was in imminent danger of going over the falls.
他被急流冲走, 跌入瀑布的危险已迫在眉睫.
《用法词典》
A brave fellow is as good as his words, a swift horse needs no spurring.
好汉一言, 快马一鞭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
She is swift to anger.
她爱生气.
《简明英汉词典》
A swift change is longed for, but unlikely.
人们期盼着更快的变化, 但不太可能.
《简明英汉词典》
The current is swift.
水流湍急.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
The flood roared on, swift and violent.
水势迅猛异常.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
He gave them a swift glance.
他迅速地朝他们瞥了一眼.
《简明英汉词典》
He has a swift wit.
他有急智.
《简明英汉词典》
He plunged into the swift current and rescued one child after another.
他纵身跳进了激流,救起了一个又一个孩子.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
In the swift the day before that year's wheat harvest, a rainstorm threatened.
在那一年麦收的前一天, 一场暴雨眼看就要来临.
《简明英汉词典》
A swift clap of thunder woke me.
一阵突然的雷鸣把我惊醒.
《简明英汉词典》
Light and shade come in swift alternation ; Days and months flash by as quickly as a weaver's shuttle.
光阴似箭,日月如梭.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
真题例句
When Jonathan Swift proposed, in 1729, that the people of Ireland eat their children, he insisted it would solve three problems at once: feed the hungry masses, reduce the population during a severe depression, and stimulate the restaurant business.
出自-2015年12月阅读原文Necessity will force the swift adoption of more efficient ones.
出自-2013年6月阅读原文Responsible for the change has been the astonishingly swift development in recent years of the computer.
出自-2013年6月听力原文Taylor's swift action helped her teammates calm down.
2017年高考英语北京卷 阅读理解 阅读A 原文英英释义
1. small plain-colored bird that resembles a swallow and is noted for its rapid flight
2. common western lizard; seen on logs or rocks
1. moving very fast;
"fleet of foot"
"the fleet scurrying of squirrels"
"a swift current"
"swift flight of an arrow"
"a swift runner"
同义词辨析
fast, quick, rapid, swift, hasty, prompt, speedy, instant
这几个形容词都有"快，迅速"之意。