quicken
- vi. 加快；变活跃；进入胎动期
- vt. 加快；鼓舞；使复活
考试真题
- quicken the pace of industrialization
出自-2010年12月阅读原文
- In other experiments, Lupyan and Swignley found that uttering the name of a common product when on the hunt for it helped quicken someone's pace, but talking about uncommon items showed no advantage and slowed you down.
2017年6月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section A