单词详解 | expedite

expedite
音标
英音/ ˈekspədaɪt / 美音/ ˈekspədaɪt /

听听基本释意:

外刊例句
Last week, Biden’s administration gave hundreds of thousands of asylum seekers ffrom Venezuela temporary protected status, which would expedite their ability to legally work in the United States.
上周,拜登政府给予数十万来自委内瑞拉的寻求庇护者临时保护身份,这将加快他们在美国合法工作的能力。
Washington Times

A coterie of involved attorneys estimate that perhaps 100 migrants have secured formal representation, and only hundreds more have received informal advice through one-time phone calls ahead of the expedited screenings.
一群参与其中的律师估计,大约有 100 名移民已经获得了正式代表,只有数百人在快速筛查前通过一次性电话获得了非正式建议。
Washington Times

“What Covid did was fast-tracked and expedited the concern about the materials in our children’s education,” said Christian Ziegler, chairman of the Florida Republican Party, whose wife, Bridget Ziegler, was a Moms for Liberty co-founder.
佛罗里达州共和党主席克里斯蒂安·齐格勒 (Christian Ziegler) 说:“新冠病毒的做法是快速跟踪,加速了人们对孩子教育材料的担忧。”他的妻子布里奇特·齐格勒 (Bridget Ziegler) 是“自由妈妈”组织的联合创始人。
New York Times

基本释意
verb
process fast and efficiently
加速,促进(行为,过程)

同义词
hasten

短释义
If someone says, “Let me expedite the process,” that’s probably a good thing: they’re offering to speed things up. If you’ve ever waited in line a long time, then you must have wished someone could expedite things. A driver can expedite his commute by going in the faster car-pool lane. Whenever there’s a lot of paperwork for something, it’s nice to know someone who can expedite the process. When you see the word expedite, think “Make faster!”
加快某事的意思是使其进行得更快或加速该过程。加急包裹可能会在明天而不是下周二到达阿拉斯加。

长释义
If someone says, “Let me expedite the process,” that’s probably a good thing: they’re offering to speed things up. If you’ve ever waited in line a long time, then you must have wished someone could expedite things. A driver can expedite his commute by going in the faster car-pool lane. Whenever there’s a lot of paperwork for something, it’s nice to know someone who can expedite the process. When you see the word expedite, think “Make faster!”
如果有人说,“让我加快这个过程”,这可能是一件好事:他们愿意加快速度。如果您曾经排队等候很长时间,那么您一定希望有人可以加快办理速度。司机可以通过更快的拼车车道来加快通勤速度。每当某件事需要大量文书工作时,很高兴认识可以加快流程的人。当你看到“加急”这个词时,想一想“加快速度!”

文学例句
I expedited my journey as well as I could, inquiring everywhere about diligences, and invariably receiving false information.
我尽可能加快行程,到处询问勤勉情况,但总是收到虚假信息。
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix

And during the grinding we may place a weight on the cover, which will greatly expedite the process.
在研磨过程中,我们可以在盖子上放置一个重物,这将大大加快这个过程。
Modern Machine-Shop Practice, Volumes I and II by Rose, Joshua

He did everything in his power to expedite matters, but red tape was stronger than gold lace.
他竭尽全力加快事情的进展,但繁文缛节比金子花边更强大。
The Airship “Golden Hind” by Westerman, Percy F. (Percy Francis)

词源
expedite (v.)”to remove impediments to the movement or progress of, accelerate the motion or progress of, hasten, quicken,” 1610s, from Latin expeditus, past participle of expedire “extricate, disengage, liberate; procure, make ready, put in order, make fit, prepare; explain, make clear,” literally “free the feet from fetters,” hence to liberate from difficulties, from ex “out” (see ex-) + *pedis “fetter, chain for the feet,” related to pes (genitive pedis) “foot” (from PIE root *ped- “foot”). Compare Greek pede “fetter.” Related: Expedited; expediting.Related entries & more

下面是词源的翻译(机器翻译比较难翻,参考着看)
expedite (v.)“消除运动或进展的障碍,加速运动或进展,加速,加快”,1610年代,源自拉丁语expeditus,expedire的过去分词“解脱,脱离,解放;获得,准备,整理,使适合,准备;解释,说清楚”,字面意思是“将脚从束缚中解放出来”,因此从困难中解放出来,从前“出去”(见前-)+ *pedis“脚上的束缚,锁链” ,”与 pes(生殖足)“脚”相关(来自 PIE 根 *ped-“脚”)。比较希腊语pede“脚镣”。相关:加急;加急。相关条目及更多


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