late 15c., from Old French celeritee (14c., Modern French célérité), from Latin celeritatem (nominative celeritas) "swiftness," from celer "swift," from possible PIE root *kel- "to drive, set in swift motion" (cognates: Sanskrit carati "goes," Greek keles "fast horse or ship," keleuthos "journey, road," Lithuanian sulys "a gallop," Old High German scelo "stallion").
双语例句
1. Celerity is the soul of warfare
兵贵神速。
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2. It developed very quickly for precision celerity and big capacity.
因具有准确、快速、大信息量等特点而发展迅速.
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3. Shallow Seismic Refraction Survey is one kind of celerity, effective and economic means in engineering exploration.
浅层折射波法是工程勘探中常用的一种经济并且快速有效的方法.
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4. I am by no means convinced that you would be gone with such celerity.
可是我怎么也不相信你做事情会那么当机立断.
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5. The results showed that series - determine method with merits of nicety and celerity has notable effects.