hasten

1. V-T If you hasten an event or process, often an unpleasant one, you make it happen faster or sooner. 加速

But if he does this, he may hasten the collapse of his own country. 但是如果他這樣做，他也許就會(huì)加速自己國(guó)家的滅亡。

2. V-T If you hasten to do something, you are quick to do it. 急忙

She more than anyone had hastened to sign the contract. 她比任何人都急著去簽?zāi)欠萼A同。