[每日] expeditious (a) 迅速的
Word of the Day (Friday October 17, 2008)
expeditious \ek-spuh-DISH-uhs\, adjective:
Pronunciation: http://0rz.tw/884RK
Characterized by or acting with speed and efficiency.
His problem was to get from Lookout Valley to Chattanooga Valley
in the most expeditious way possible.
-- Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs
The criminal may of course use some short-term act of violence
to 'terrorize' his victim, such as waving a gun in the face of
a bank clerk during a robbery in order to ensure the clerk's
expeditious compliance.
-- Bruce Hoffman, Inside Terrorism
Expeditious is derived from Latin expeditus, "unshackled,
unimpeded, ready for action," from expedire, "to free (one's
feet) from a snare; hence, to get out, to set free, to get
ready for action," from ex-, "out of" + pes, ped-, "foot."
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