hurry up ( hurrying, hurried, hurries )

• 1. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you tell someone to hurry up, you are telling them to do something more quickly than they were doing it. 赶紧

  例：

  Franklin told Howe to hurry up and take his bath; otherwise, they'd miss their train.

  富兰克林催豪快点洗澡，要不然他们就赶不上火车了。

• 2. 

  PHRASAL VERB If you hurry something up or hurry it along, you make it happen faster or sooner than it would otherwise have done. 使加快

  例：

  ...if you're not a traditionalist and you want to hurry up the process.

  …如果你不是传统主义者而是想加快这一进程。