喜樂美語
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    vC1

    /ˈekspədaɪt/

    To clear the way so that a process finishes sooner than it would.

    加快；加速

    過去式 expedited過去分詞 expedited-ing expediting三單 expedites

    例句逐字對照、搭配詞、易混淆字

    這一義的完整解析還沒打開。訂閱後可以看到例句怎麼拆、常跟哪些字一起出現， 以及容易跟它搞混的字。

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核心畫面

Picture a form sitting in a queue, and someone moving it to the front. The speeding up does not come from working harder — it comes from clearing what was holding the process up. That is why the word belongs to offices and shipping departments rather than to running or cooking.

可以想成：一份文件排在隊伍裡，有人把它移到最前面。這裡的「變快」不是靠更努力，而是靠把卡住流程的東西移開。也因為這樣…更多收起可以想成：一份文件排在隊伍裡，有人把它移到最前面。這裡的「變快」不是靠更努力，而是靠把卡住流程的東西移開。也因為這樣，這個字屬於辦公室、物流和行政的場合，不會用在跑步或煮飯這種靠自己使力的事情上。它是正式用語，日常口語會說 speed things up 或 hurry it along。

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

expediteverb/ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/

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    To accelerate the progress of.

    • He expedited the search by alphabetizing the papers.
    • The bodies and bogies were built by more than one firm, to expedite the work, and the electrical equipment was supplied by the British Thomson-Houston Co. Ltd.
  • 2

    To perform (a task) fast and efficiently.

  • 3

    To perform the duties of an expediter.

  • 4

    obsoleteTo free from impediment; to release or set at liberty.

expediteadj/ˈɛk.spəˌdaɪt/

  • 1

    Free of impediment; unimpeded.

    • […] to make the way plaine and expedite […]
  • 2

    Expeditious; quick; prompt.

    • nimble and expedite […] in its operation
    • […]Speech in general (which is a very ſhort and expedite way of conveying their Thoughts one to another)[…]

資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。