喜樂美語
  1. 1vC1/ˈekspədaɪt/加快；加速

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

    示範例句 · Example

    The club wrote clearer order forms to expedite the decision-making process.

    逐字社團寫了更清楚的訂購表，來加快決策過程。

    「expedite」是正式英文裡的「讓某個流程／動作更快完成」——常出現在商業、行政、出貨場合。LDOCE 給的同義是 speed up：意思很近，但 speed up 比較日常，expedite 比較像文件、訂單、會議裡會寫的詞。常見搭配：expedite a process / decision / shipment、expedite matters。核心畫面可以想成：把路上的障礙清一清，讓事情比較早走完，而不只是叫人「跑快一點」。跟 hurry 比：hurry 多半是催人馬上動；expedite 多半是讓整段流程提早結束。跟 streamline 比：streamline 重點是步驟變少、變順；expedite 重點是時間變短、進度提前。

    常見搭配

    • expedite a process / decision

      加快流程／決定

      make a process or decision happen more quickly

      Clear steps helped expedite the process of choosing a class trip.

    • expedite shipping / delivery

      加快出貨／運送

      make goods leave or arrive sooner

      The store agreed to expedite delivery of the club's new banners.

    • expedite matters

      加快事情進度

      help a situation move forward more quickly

      Ren stayed after school to expedite matters before the fair opened.

    • strategies to expedite …

      用來加快…的策略

      plans or methods that make something finish sooner

      The team listed three strategies to expedite setup on fair day.

    • help expedite

      幫忙加快

      do something that makes a process finish sooner

      Extra helpers will help expedite packing the snack boxes.

core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，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。

同家族的字

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

原始詞典資料6 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，摘錄並精簡格式，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/

  • 1

    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)[…]

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