faster , fastest
Fast means happening, moving, or doing something at great speed. You also use fast in questions or statements about speed.
fast cars with flashing lights and sirens.
闪灯、鸣笛、快速行驶的汽车。
The only question is how fast the process will be.
唯一的问题是这个过程会有多快。
If a watch or clock is fast, it is showing a time that is later than the real time.
That clock's an hour fast.
那个钟快了一个小时。
If colours or dyes are fast, they do not come out of the fabrics they are used on when they get wet.
The fabric was ironed to make the colours fast.
为防止褪色,织物已熨烫过。
You use fast to say that something happens without any delay.
That would be an astonishingly fast action on the part of the Congress.
那将是国会方面一次快得惊人的行动。
Fast means at great speed.
They work terrifically fast.
他们干活极快。
It would be nice to go faster and break the world record.
再快一些,打破世界纪录就好了。
How fast would the disease develop?
这种疾病发展有多快?
If you hold something fast, you hold it tightly and firmly. If something is stuck fast, it is stuck very firmly and cannot move.
She climbed the staircase cautiously, holding fast to the rail.
她紧握扶手,小心翼翼地爬上楼梯。
If you hold fast to a principle or idea, or if you stand fast, you do not change your mind about it, even though people are trying to persuade you to.
We can only try to hold fast to the age-old values of honesty, decency and concern for others.
我们只能努力坚守那些古老的价值观:诚实、正派、关心他人。
fasts
A fast is the act of eating no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
The fast is broken at sunset, traditionally with dates and water.
日落时开斋,按传统会吃海枣、喝水。
fast asleep
Someone who is fast asleep is completely asleep.
When he went upstairs five minutes later, she was fast asleep.
他5分钟后上楼时,她已熟睡。
fasts , fasting , fasted
If you fast, you eat no food for a period of time, usually for either religious or medical reasons, or as a protest.
I fasted for a day and a half and asked God to help me.
我斋戒了一天半,请求上帝帮助我。