English Dictionary

fast forward

verb

(transitive) To cause an audio or video tape, digital media stream, etc. to move forward very fast, so that when the device is played, it will start at a later point.

I always fast forward through the commercials when watching TV.

意味（1）

(transitive) To cause an audio or video tape, digital media stream, etc. to move forward very fast, so that when the device is played, it will start at a later point.

意味（2）

(intransitive) To be fast-forwarded; to move ahead in this fashion.

意味（3）

(intransitive, figuratively, by extension) To shift one's attention or focus toward a later point in time.

Antarctica was remote, little of value […] was at stake, and few states had the capacity to get to Antarctica or otherwise challenge the claimants. […] Fast-forward to the present, and the picture looks somewhat different.

意味（4）

(transitive, by extension) To accelerate.

Lippman said Crispr is an incredibly useful tool in research, allowing him to ask new questions of the tomato plants he breeds, by fast-forwarding the research process. “The amount of genetics that we’re currently able to do has at least quintupled in the last three years,” he said.