quickly

英[ˈkwɪkli]美[ˈkwɪkli]

adv.迅速地，立即，马上；

比较级：more quickly;

*高级：most quickly;

例句

The milk you put out in the saucer was quickly lapped up.你倒在碟子里的牛奶很快被舔光了。

The cat quickly lapped up all the milk.那只猫很快把牛奶舔光了。

The ground dried up quickly after the rain.雨后地很快就干了。

The worker quickly cleared away the dirt that was choking up the chimney.那工人很快就把塞住烟囱的污垢清除干净了。

The revolution was quickly snuffed out.那场革命被迅速镇压了。

A spore can quickly spread and form a mould.一个孢子能迅速蔓延并形成霉。

In case of fire, walk quickly to the nearest door.如果失火, 就赶快朝*近的门跑。

I adapted quickly to the new climate.我很快地适应了这种新的气候。

Sensing that he had outstayed his welcome, he quickly said his goodbyes and left.他感觉到自己逗留的时间太长已经不再受欢迎，赶快说声再见就离开了。

The kind of articles were quickly snapped up.这种物品很快就被抢购一空。

英语六级真题

Saying that there're no easy answers sounds wise, but it's actually foolish: our unemployment crisis could be cured very quickly if we had the intellectual clarity and political will to act.

No one knows how to make that happen quickly.

If employees respond quickly to their job assignments, the employer is likely to demand more from them.

Cigarette sales have been falling far more quickly than in the UK.

So I quickly designed a skirt on my computer, and I loaded the file on the printer.

If the Thames were lapping around Big Ben, Londoners would face up to the problem of emissions pretty quickly.

minister of social security, quickly commissioned a study to determine the causes of and possible cures for this disturbing stale of affairs.

Milkman, the sociologist, argues that American craftsmanship isn't disappearing as quickly as some would argue - that it has instead shifted to immigrants.

million jobs lost in the last three months, there is urgent desire to boost the economy as quickly as possible

Experts on leadership will quickly point out that "how things get done" influences the success of the outcomes and indicates a right way and a wrong way to do things.

His Seven Habits of Highly Effective People became a popular bestseller very quickly

There is no easy way to measure racism directly; instead psychologists assess what is known as "implicit bias", using a computer-based test that measures how quickly people associate positive and negative words—such as "love" or "evil"—with photos of black or white faces.

A similar test can also measure how quickly subjects associate stereotypical traits—such as athletic skills or mental ability—with a particular group

Both strains quickly invaded local hospitals when needle sharing and other unhealthy practices ensured the rapid spreading of the infection by bringing people into contact with contaminated body fluids.

Ebola was so deadly and killed so quickly that within a short period of time, there was no one around to infect

The old stereotypes of men's and women's work have been changing more quickly than ever before, except perhaps in my own marriage.

In general, photo-centric websites like Flickr were found to be better at quickly removing deleted photos upon request.

"What our study suggests is that teenagers learn more quickly and more effectively when their peers are present than when they're on their own,'' Steinberg says.

Because there was slightly more matter, the collisions quickly depleted all the anti-matter and left just enough matter to create stars, planets, and eventually us.

Craigslist quickly overtook newspaper classified ads and turned newspaper economics upside down.

For many of my peers though, Venus quickly lost its romance.

He quickly learned what the market has demonstrated: Demand for grass-fed products currently exceeds supply.

I quickly passed over state schools and southern schools, believing their curriculums to be automatically inferior to northeastern or western counterparts.

If it doesn't sound like too much of a cliché, our world is constantly changing and it's changing quickly.

In the peak of the dot.com bubble, brick and mortar retail was one of those industries the internet was going to kill—and quickly.

It reproduces incredibly quickly, breeding up to 12 generations per year if conditions are favorable.

It seems to be a law in the technology industry that leading companies eventually lose their positions, often quickly and brutally .

Publishers were interested only in books that would sell fairly quickly in sufficient numbers to cover the costs of production and make a profit.

Some internet-driven changes have happened quickly, of course.

We can't really lose heat by breathing quickly and loudly like dogs.

We've only been working together the last six months, but we quickly became good friends.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

快的;迅速的;急速的

Someone or something that is quick moves or does things with great speed.

例句

ADV-GRADED

(quicker 有时表示“以更快的速度”，quickest表示“以*快的速度”，quick有时表示“以很快的速度”，但有些人认为这种用法并不规范)

Quicker is sometimes used to mean 'at a greater speed', and quickest to mean 'at the greatest speed'. Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with great speed'. Some people consider this to be non-standard.

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ADJ-GRADED

短暂的;持续时间很短的

Something that is quick takes or lasts only a short time.

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ADJ-GRADED

立刻发生的;很快发生的

Quick means happening without delay or with very little delay.

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ADV-GRADED

迅速发生地;很快发生地

Quick is sometimes used to mean 'with very little delay'.

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ADJ-GRADED

立刻的;马上的

If you are quick to do something, you do not hesitate to do it.

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ADJ-GRADED

性情急躁的;容易发怒的

If someone has a quick temper, they are easily made angry.

PHRASE

咬到了指甲肉；咬秃指甲

If someone bites their nails to the quick, they bite off all the white part at the end of each nail.

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PHRASE

触及（…）痛处;极大伤害；令…伤透了心

If something cuts you to the quick, it makes you feel very upset.

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英汉词典释义

adv.

快,迅速地

立即,马上

英英词典释义

Adverb

1. with rapid movements;

2. with little or no delay;

3. without taking pains;