hasten
单词辨析：
指增加速度、速率，尤指频率。
He glanced at his watch and quicken his steps.
他看了一眼手表，加快了脚步。
He felt his heart quicken when he saw Susan.
他看到苏珊时感觉自己心跳加快了。
指某事比预期更快或更早发生时，可作及物或不及物动词；指汽车或人加速时，只作不及物动词。
The urbanization process continued to accelerate.
城市化进程持续加快。
The bad weather accelerated our departure.
坏天气促使我们提前离开。
Her car accelerated smoothly away.
她的车平稳地加速离开。
That runner accelerated suddenly around the bend.
那名赛跑运动员在转弯处突然加速。
多指意外、糟糕之事使某事加速，或让某事提前发生。
His departure was hastened by an emergency.
由于一个突发事件，他提前走了。
His letter hastened the course of the enquiry.
他的来信加快了调查的进程。
Poor medical treatment hastened his death.
糟糕的治疗加速了他的死亡。
指催促某人做某事。
Sorry to rush you, but the board needs these materials by Thursday.
很抱歉催你，只是董事会周四之前需要这些材料。
He felt he was being rushed into making a decision.
他觉得自己是被催着去作决定。
指加快某事的发生、进展等，常指好事。
This incident should speed his decision.
这一事件应该会促使他尽快作出决定。
This new medicine should speed her recovery.
这种新药应该会加快她的康复。
The new measures will speed up the registration process.
这些新措施将加快注册过程。
相关例句：
'There's no threat in this, Freddie,' Arnold hastened to say
“这不会有什么危险的，弗雷迪，”阿诺德急忙补充了一句。
Hasten, Pearl; or I shall be angry with thee!
快点，珠儿；要不我可要跟你生气了！
I leave behind my dreams and I hasten to your call.
我把梦想丢下，来奔赴我的召唤。
Such a plan would hasten relief efforts and bring supplies and relief teams faster to enhance recovery and rescue.
这样的计划将能加快救援努力，更快地将救灾物资和救援人员送达灾区，以增强搜救和恢复工作。
The humans come to hasten their destruction.
人类来加速他们的灭亡了。
These, they hope, will hasten real urbanisation.
他们希望，这些改革将会加速城市化进程。