swifter

英 [ˈswɪftə]

美 [ˈswɪftər]

adj.  迅即发生的; 马上做出的; 迅速的; 速度快的; 敏捷的; 矫健的
swift的比较级

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的
  Aswiftevent or process happens very quickly or without delay.
  1. 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。
  2. The police were swift to act.
     警方行动迅速。
• ADJ-GRADED 快速移动的;速度非常快的
  Something that isswiftmoves very quickly.
  1. With a swift movement, Matthew Jerrold sat upright.
     马修· 杰罗尔德迅速坐直了。
• 雨燕
  Aswiftis a small bird with long curved wings.

双语例句

• But when bureaucracy and senseless red tape impede our ability to act and when poverty persists while international functionaries drag their feet African leaders have an obligation to opt for swifter solutions.
  但当官僚主义和无谓的烦琐程序阻碍了我们的行动能力之时，当贫困仍在肆虐而相关国际机构却在拖后腿之时，选择更快的解决问题方案，是非洲领导人义不容辞的责任。
• Although Citius, altius, fortius(" Swifter, higher, stronger") is the Latin motto of today's Olympic Games, athletes have been striving to improve their athletic skills since ancient times.
  尽管拉丁语Citius，altius，fortius（更快，更高，更强）是现代奥林匹克运动的座右铭，但早在远古时期运动员就已经开始积极地提高他们的运动技巧了。
• The U.S.and Japan initially sought a swifter and stronger Security Council resolution that would have imposed new sanctions on North Korea.
  美国和日本最初希望安理会通过一份反应更为迅速、措辞更为强硬的决议，对朝鲜实施新的制裁措施。
• About the woods, go swifter than the wind.
  就在这片树林里，比风还快地去找。
• Meanwhile, Jorge was making much swifter progress at the other end of the room.
  同时，若热在房间另一边的办事速度要快的多。
• The researchers say their findings prove why black people are more likely to sprint faster while white people make swifter swimmers.
  研究人员称他们的发现找到了黑人善跑而白人善游的原因。
• By the spirit of the Olympic games "swifter, higher and stronger" integrate beijing's national and international first-rate resources of science and technology and intelligence, boldly innovate and increase the s& t content of the2008 Olympic games.
  以“更快、更高、更强”的奥运精神，集成北京、全国以及国际一流科技和智力资源，大胆创新，提高2008年北京奥运会的科技含量。
• Nor did he soften much in his disdain for the fruits of commercial society: cheaper cotton and swifter railways meant nothing to him;
  他也没有削弱自己对商品社会成果的鄙视：更便宜的棉花、更快捷的铁路对他来说毫无价值；
• Since then, leaner and swifter GM has been transformed into a fighting machine.
  自那以后，通用汽车变得“身形小巧”，反应迅速，并脱胎换骨，成了一台“战斗车”。
• Such a target would commit China, the world's largest carbon emitter, to cutting the amount of greenhouse gases it produced for each unit of national income and would encourage swifter moves towards alternative energy sources.
  提出这样一个目标，将约束作为全球最大碳排放量国的中国削减单位国民收入所产生的温室气体排放量，鼓励其更快地向替代能源转换。