swiftness
noun [ U ] uk/ˈswɪft.nəs/ us/ˈswɪft.nəs/
快，迅速
the quality of happening quickly or immediately
He was surprised by the swiftness of the move. 他对行动的迅速感到吃惊。
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- The outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease among livestock in Britain earlier this year illustrates the swiftness with which a disease can spread.
- Yesterday's earthquake hit with such unnerving swiftness that a sunny winter's day turned into chaos.
- Bayard was a horse of incredible swiftness.
- The government seems to have been taken by surprise by the swiftness, strength and unanimity of international condemnation.