hasten
verb- [intransitive] hasten to do something
to say or do something without delay 急忙进行；赶紧说（或做） - [transitive] hasten something (formal)
to make something happen sooner or more quickly 促进；使加快 The treatment she received may, in fact, have hastened her death. 实际上，她所接受的治疗可能加快了她的死亡。 News of the scandal certainly hastened his departure from office. 这一丑闻肯定加速了他的离任。
- [intransitive] + adv./prep. (literary)
to go or move somewhere quickly 赶往（某地） We hastened back to Rome. 我们急忙赶回罗马。
Word Originmid 16th cent.: extended form of haste, on the pattern of verbs in -en.