swift
US:/swɪft/
UK:/swɪft/
n.:
【鸟】雨燕；环球金融同业电讯会；【人】斯威夫特；【姓氏】斯威夫特
adj.:
飞快的；迅速的
网络:
环球银行金融电信协会(Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)；环球同业银行金融电讯协会(Society Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication)；敏捷的
Word forms: (比较级) swifter (最高级) swiftest (复数) swifts
Examples
1.
As many parents can attest, few disciplinary measures stop a child from misbehaving as quickly as a swift smack or two on the bottom.
许多父母都有相同的经验：很少有什麽方法比打屁股可以让小孩乖乖听话来的有效。
2.
But Hugh Robertson, the new Sports Minister, said he hoped Lord Triesman's swift departure would be a mitigating factor.
但是英国的新任体育部长休罗伯森表示，他希望特里斯曼在事件曝光后立即辞职能为英格兰挽回一些声誉。
3.
For Swift the golden age was that of the great Elizabethans.
对斯威夫特来说，黄金时代是伟大的伊丽莎白时代。
4.
Julia lifted her forearms out of instinct, shut her eyes, and waited for the swift delivery of his decades'-old promise.
朱莉娅本能地举起小臂捂上眼睛，等待他迅速实施二十多年前就威胁要做的事情。
5.
Connie Swift is at the White House with a report on the President`s announcement.
康尼.斯威夫特在白宫向您报道有关总统的声明。
6.
You know, my dearest brethren. And let every man be swift to hear, but slow to speak, and slow to anger.
我亲爱的弟兄们，你们要知道：每人都该敏于听教，迟于发言，迟于动怒。
7.
UP ON THE MOUNTAINS the midday sun glared fiercely, but down in the valley near the swift-running stream it was cool and still.
山顶上太阳炽热的烤着，发出炫目的光，但下边的山谷里急速流动的小溪旁却凉爽安静。
8.
This war will not BE like the war against Iraq a decade ago, with its decisive liBEration of territory and its swift conclusion.
这场战争将不会类似于十年前对伊拉克的战争，那场战争的结论很简单，就是被占领地区的解放。
9.
Swift said the growing sophistication amang biotech investors presented an opportunity for a more specialist investment fund.
斯威夫特说，生物科技领域的投资人越来越精明了，这也为我们获得一个更专业的投资基金提供了机会。
10.
Its smooth, swift motion around the sun carries such a square as this every hour.
就像现在一样，它永远驼着这片土地绕太阳平衡而快速地转动着。