hurry

hurry — verb

1. to move, act, or do something faster than usual, often because time is short; to

1.動詞及物 / 不及物B1
釋義

to move, act, or do something faster than usual, often because time is short; to make someone else do this by telling or urging them to go faster.

例句

Gabriel hurried to the station, but the last train had already left.

hurry + direction/preposition

Aylin hurried Christopher out of the building when the fire alarm went off.

transitive: hurry + person + direction

同義詞
  • rush

    stronger sense of intensity or disorder; 'rush' often implies careless speed

  • dash

    suggests moving quickly in a particular direction, often over a short distance

  • hasten

    more formal; suggests deliberate speed rather than urgency

反義詞
  • delay

    opposite action — to make something happen later rather than faster

  • linger

    to stay somewhere longer than necessary, the opposite of hurrying away

文法句型

hurry + adverb/preposition phrase

hurry + noun + adverb/preposition phrase

hurry + to-infinitive

用法筆記

Common in imperatives and negative constructions. The transitive sense ('hurry someone') always requires a direct object — you cannot say 'hurry him up' without 'up' for the transitive sense; 'hurry' alone as a transitive verb is less common in modern English outside fixed phrases ('Don't hurry me').

常見錯誤

I hurried him to finish' (meaning I told him to go faster).
I hurried him up / I told him to hurry up.
💡The transitive use without 'up' is possible but sounds dated; modern English prefers 'hurry someone up.'

hurry — noun