hasten是一个雅思常考词汇，这个词的常用解释为vt. 催促 vi. 赶紧，这个词在很多英文原版小说中怎么应用呢，今天小编就带您了解一下。
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《格兰特船长的女儿》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- If there should be water enough in the river, they are to wait on the banks till their companions reach them; but should it be dried up, they will hasten back and spare them a useless journey."
-- He knew they would never relinquish their sure prey till daybreak made them hasten back to their dens.
在赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯的《人魔岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- Unless I would spend the night among the unknown dan-gers of the mysterious forest, I must hasten back to the enclosure.
在詹姆斯·费尼莫尔·库柏的《最后的摩根战士》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- 'Go to him, and say that you left them with a message to hasten to their aid,' returned Cora, advancing nigher to the scout in her generous ardor; 'that the Hurons bear them into the northern wilds, but that by vigilance and speed they may yet be rescued; and if, after all, it should please heaven that his assistance come too late, bear to him,' she continued, her voice gradually lowering, until it seemed nearly choked, 'the love, the blessings, the final prayers of his daughters, and bid him not mourn their early fate, but to look forward with humble confidence to the Christian's goal to meet his children.'
-- Breathless with amazement, and heavily oppressed with the critical situation of his friend, Heyward recoiled before the look, trembling lest its meaning might, in some un-known manner, hasten the prisoner's fate.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《神秘岛》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- The Governor of Richmond for a long time had been unable to communicate with General Lee, and he very much wished to make known to him the situation of the town, so as to hasten the march of the army to their relief.
-- He ran forward, then returned, and seemed to entreat them to hasten their steps.
-- The colonists, motionless, anxiously awaited the result of this exploration, when a shout from the engineer made them hasten forward.
在列夫·托尔斯泰的《复活》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- "Ah, if they would only hasten it through," he thought.
-- "I would like to ask you to hasten the hearing of the appeal, because if the prisoner is to go to Siberia, it would be desirable that she go as soon as possible," said Nekhludoff.
-- But, looking at the clock, he saw that there was no time left, and that he must hasten to the prison to see the departure of the convicts.
在儒勒·凡尔纳的《海底两万里》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- They must therefore hasten to unload the galleons before the arrival of the combined fleet; and time would not have failed them had not a miserable question of rivalry suddenly arisen.
-- But Captain Nemo knew that he could not hasten too much, and that minutes were worth ages to us.
在艾米利·勃朗特的《呼啸山庄》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- I urged my companion to hasten now and show his amiable humour, and he willingly obeyed; but ill luck would have it that, as he opened the door leading from the kitchen on one side, Hindley opened it on the other.
在简·奥斯汀的《傲慢与偏见》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- But here she did injustice to the fire and in- dependence of his character, for it led him to escape out of Longbourn House the next morning with admirable sly- ness, and hasten to Lucas Lodge to throw himself at her feet.
在西奥多·德莱塞的《嘉莉妹妹》里，有这样的句子出现：
-- She started slightly at the announcement, but told the girl to say that she would come down in a moment, and proceeded to hasten her dressing.
-- She was in no mood, after her failure of the day before, to hasten forth upon her work-seeking errand, and yet she rebuked herself for what she considered her weakness the day before.
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