haste
[hest]
n. 匆忙, 急忙

1. Haste makes waste.
   欲速而。
2. In his haste, he forgot to bring his glasses with him.
   匆忙，忘带镜。
3. Perhaps we'd better make haste.
   许还赶些。

haste
[ noun ]

1. overly eager speed (and possible carelessness)

<noun.attribute>
he soon regretted his haste

2. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner

<noun.act>
in his haste to leave he forgot his book

3. a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry

<noun.state>
in a hurry to lock the door

Haste \Haste\ (h[=a]st), n. [OE. hast; akin to D. haast, G.,
Dan., Sw., & OFries. hast, cf. OF. haste, F. h[^a]te (of
German origin); all perh. fr. the root of E. hate in a
earlier sense of, to pursue. See {Hate}.]
1. Celerity of motion; speed; swiftness; dispatch;
expedition; -- applied only to voluntary beings, as men
and other animals.

The king's business required haste. --1 Sam. xxi.
8.

2. The state of being urged or pressed by business; hurry;
urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion;
precipitance; vehemence.

I said in my haste, All men are liars. --Ps. cxvi.
11.

{To make haste}, to hasten.

Syn: Speed; quickness; nimbleness; swiftness; expedition;
dispatch; hurry; precipitance; vehemence; precipitation.

Usage: {Haste}, {Hurry}, {Speed}, {Dispatch}. Haste denotes
quickness of action and a strong desire for getting
on; hurry includes a confusion and want of collected
thought not implied in haste; speed denotes the actual
progress which is made; dispatch, the promptitude and
rapidity with which things are done. A man may
properly be in haste, but never in a hurry. Speed
usually secures dispatch.


Haste \Haste\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. {Hasted}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Hasting}.] [OE. hasten; akin to G. hasten, D. haasten,
Dan. haste, Sw. hasta, OF. haster, F. h[^a]ter. See {Haste},
n.]
To hasten; to hurry. [Archaic]

I 'll haste the writer. --Shak.

They were troubled and hasted away. --Ps. xlviii.
5.