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Quickly

“Quickly” 修饰动词、形容词或其他副词,表示动作在较短时间内完成,或变化发生得急促。语气中性,可用于日常、工作、指令等语境,如 answer quicklyrecover quickly

  1. “Please reply to the email as quickly as possible.” (请尽快回复这封邮件。)
  2. “The weather changed quickly; we had to go back.” (天气变化很快,我们只好返回。)
  3. “She learned Spanish quickly by practicing every day.” (她每天练习,所以西班牙语学得很快。)

“Quick” 来自古英语 cwic,与“活的、敏捷的”有关;现代义“快”由此引申。副词 -ly 将形容词转为方式副词。

quick + -ly:后缀 -ly 常见于形容词变副词(如 slow → slowly),表示“以……的方式”。

口语里也可用 fast 作副词(drive fast),但 quickly 更常修饰“反应、决定、完成”等抽象动作。正式写作中 quicklyrapidlyswiftly 可互换程度视文体而定,初学者优先掌握 quickly 即可。

  • 固定搭配: “as quickly as possible” (尽快), “quickly realize” (很快意识到), “move quickly” (快速行动)

Quick 像“快克”音的开头 kw-,加上 -ly 就是“以快的方式”。

“The fire alarm rang, and everyone left the building quickly and calmly.” (火警响起,大家迅速而镇定地离开了大楼。)