hurry /ˈhʌrɪ/ CET4 TEM4 ( hurrying, hurried, hurries )

• 1. 

  V-I If you hurry somewhere, you go there as quickly as you can. 匆忙而行

  例：

  Claire hurried along the road.

  克莱尔匆匆地沿路而行。

• 2. 

  V-T If you hurry to do something, you start doing it as soon as you can, or try to do it quickly. 赶紧（做）

  例：

  Mrs. Hardie hurried to make up for her tactlessness by asking her guest about his holiday.

  哈迪太太赶紧问她的客人假期过得如何，以弥补此前不得体的言行。

• 3. 

  N-SING If you are in a hurry to do something, you need or want to do something quickly. If you do something in a hurry, you do it quickly or suddenly. 急忙

  例：

  Kate was in a hurry to grow up, eager for knowledge and experience.

  凯特急切地想长大，渴望获得知识和经验。

• 4. 

  V-T To hurry something means the same as to something. 使加快进行

  例：

  ...the president's attempt to hurry the process of independence.

  …总统加快独立进程的企图。

• 5. 

  V-T If you hurry someone to a place or into a situation, you try to make them go to that place or get into that situation quickly. 催促

  例：

  They say they are not going to be hurried into any decision.

  他们说不会迫于压力而仓促做出任何决定。

• 6. 

  PHRASE If you say to someone "There's no hurry" or "I'm in no hurry" you are telling them that there is no need for them to do something immediately. 不着急

  例：

  I'll need to talk with you, but there's no hurry.

  我得找你谈谈，但不着急。

• 7. 

  PHRASE If you are in no hurry to do something, you are very unwilling to do it. 不想（做）

  例：

  I love it here so I'm in no hurry to go anywhere.

  我喜欢在这里生活，所以我哪里都不想去。