faster

1. ADJ-GRADED 快的;迅速的
   Fast means happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also use fast in questions or statements about speed.
   1. ...fast cars with flashing lights and sirens...
      闪着灯、鸣着笛、飞速行驶的车辆
   2. Brindley was known as a very, very fast driver...
      众所周知，布林德利是个喜欢飞车的人。
   3. The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform...
      该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
   4. The only question is how fast the process will be.
      唯一的问题是这个过程会有多快。
   5. Fast is also an adverb.
      
   6. They work terrifically fast...
      他们干活极快。
   7. It would be nice to go faster and break the world record...
      要是能再快一些、打破世界纪录就好了。
   8. He thinks they're not adapting fast enough...
      他认为他们适应得不够快。
   9. Barnes also knows that he is fast running out of time...
      巴恩斯也知道他的时间很快就要用完了。
   10. How fast were you driving?...
       你当时车开得有多快?
   11. How fast would the disease develop?
       这种病发展得有多快?
2. ADV-GRADED 迅速地;立即
   You use fast to say that something happens without any delay.
   1. When you've got a crisis like this you need professional help — fast!...
      当你遇到这样的危急情况，就需要专业救援了——要快！
   2. We'd appreciate your leaving as fast as possible.
      如果您能尽快离开，我们将不胜感激。
   3. Fast is also an adjective.
      
   4. That would be an astonishingly fast action on the part of the Congress.
      那将会是由国会方面采取的迅雷不及掩耳的行动。
3. ADJ-GRADED (钟表)偏快的，走得快的
   If a watch or clock is fast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
   1. That clock's an hour fast.
      那个钟快了一个小时。
4. ADV-GRADED 紧紧地;牢牢地;死死地
   If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
   1. She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail...
      她紧紧地抓着栏杆，小心翼翼地爬楼梯。
   2. The tanker is stuck fast on the rocks.
      油轮紧卡在礁石中间动弹不得。
5. ADV-GRADED 坚定地;毫不动摇地
   If you hold fast to a principle or idea, or if you stand fast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
   1. We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others...
      我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观：诚实、正派、关心他人。
   2. He told supporters to stand fast over the next few vital days.
      他叫支持者在接下来的几个重要日子里站稳立场。
6. ADJ-GRADED (颜色或染料)不褪色的，不掉色的
   If colours or dyes are fast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
   1. The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.
      为防止掉色，织物已经过熨烫。
7. ADJ 骄奢淫逸的;刺激而快乐的
   A fast way of life is one which involves a lot of enjoyable and expensive or dangerous activities.
   1. Life in Detroit no longer satisfied him; he wanted the fast life of California.
      他不再满意底特律的生活，想要过加利福尼亚那种刺激快乐的生活。
8. VERB 斋戒;禁食;绝食
   If you fast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
   1. I fasted for a day and half and asked God to help me.
      我斋戒了一天半，祈求上帝伸出援手。
   2. Fast is also a noun.
      
   3. The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
      日落时开斋，按传统会吃椰枣、喝水。
9. PHRASE 熟睡的;沉睡的
   Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.
   1. When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.
      他5分钟后上楼时，她已睡熟。
10. PHRASE 玩猫腻;玩弄
    If you say that someone is playing fast and loose, you are expressing disapproval of them for behaving in a deceitful, immoral, or irresponsible way.
    1. There have been people who have played fast and loose with the rules.
       有人在玩弄这些规则。
11. PHRASE 欺骗;哄骗;愚弄
    If you say that someone has pulled a fast one on you, you mean that they have cheated or tricked you.
    1. No doubt someone had pulled a fast one on her over a procedural matter.
       无疑有人在程序性问题上骗了她。
12. to make a fast buck → see: buck

1. I felt my heart beating faster.
   我感觉我的心越跳越快。
2. As you walk faster, you will find the arms bend naturally and more quickly.
   走快时，你会发现手臂会自然弯曲，而且频率会更快。
3. He again called for a faster changeover to a market economy
   他再次呼吁加快向市场经济过渡。
4. The crickets chirped faster and louder.
   蟋蟀叫得更欢了。
5. Water conducts heat faster than air.
   水的导热速度比空气快。
6. Wages were rising faster than productivity and this was eating into profits.
   工资的涨幅高过了生产率增长的速度，从而消耗了利润所得。
7. Babies lose heat much faster than adults, and are especially vulnerable to the cold in their first month.
   婴儿散热比成年人快得多，在出生后的头一个月特别容易感冒。
8. Nothing gives a room a faster facelift than a coat of paint.
   重新粉刷一下是使房子焕然一新的最快方法。
9. The party aims to attract votes from the business and professional communities, which want a faster pace of political reform
   该党的目标是吸引商界和专业社群的选票，因为这两个群体都希望加快政治改革的步伐。
10. Gabrielle entered this year's charts faster than any first-timer before her.
    加布丽埃勒上榜的速度比之前所有初次上榜歌手都要快。
11. It is forbidden to drive faster than 20mph.
    车速不得超过每小时20英里。
12. If a spacecraft travels faster than 11 km a second, it escapes the earth's gravitational pull.
    如果飞行速度超过每秒11公里，宇宙飞船将摆脱地球的引力。
13. The tip can be ground to a much sharper edge to cut smoother and faster.
    可以把尖端磨得更锋利些，这样切割起来更顺更快。
14. She began to walk faster, but he lengthened his stride to keep up with her
    她开始加快步子，但他加大了步幅跟着她。
15. Babies lose heat much faster than adults
    婴儿散失热量较成人快很多。
16. He completed the lengthy course some three seconds faster than his nearest rival, Jonathon Ford
    他比劲敌乔纳森·福特少用了大概3秒钟完成了漫长的赛程。
17. The President is keen to notch a political triumph that would foster freer world trade and faster economic growth.
    总统渴望获得政治胜利，以促使世界贸易更为自由，经济发展更为迅速。
18. Age diminishes the heart's ability to pump harder and faster under exertion.
    随着年龄的增加，人在消耗体力时心脏的输血能力和输血速度会有所减弱。
19. In terms of quantity, production grew faster than ever before.
    从数量上看，产量增长的速度比以往任何时期都要快。
20. The advantage in going faster is that you get there quicker.
    快点走的好处在于，你可以早点到达那里。
21. The world's tropical forests are disappearing at an even faster rate than experts had thought.
    世界上热带森林消失的速度比专家们预想的还要快。
22. Stars appeared everywhere, spinning round and round, faster and faster.
    满眼金星乱转，而且越转越快。
23. Its profits are rising four times faster than the average company
    它的利润增长速度比一般公司快4倍。
24. He was over a second faster than his previous best time
    他比自己以前的最好成绩快了1秒多。
25. Elephants wear the tusk down faster than they can grow it.
    象牙磨损的速度快于生长的速度。
26. Can't you walk a little faster?
    你不能走快点吗？
27. Look, do it this way and you can dig faster.
    喏，喏，要这样挖，才挖得快。
28. We must do our work faster, and further better.
    我们要把工作做得更加快一些，而且要做得更加好一些。
29. I can make it if I run a bit faster.
    我跑得快一点还来得及。

adv

1. more quickly

   Synonym:    quicker