If they go lazily about their task he may quicken them with the whip.

如果他们懒惰地完成任务， 他可能会用鞭子鞭打他们。

But a grand-duke all the same, quickened with my breath and glowing with my ardor.

但还是一位大公爵， 随着我的呼吸而加速， 并因我的热情而发光。

The city was beginning to stir, its heartbeat quickening with the promise of a new day.

这座城市开始动荡起来，它的心跳随着新一天的到来而加快。

This domestic life, once so monotonous, was now quickened with the intense interest of a secret that bound these women intimately together.

这种家庭生活曾经如此单调，现在却因对秘密的强烈兴趣而变得活跃起来，这些秘密将这些女人紧密地联系在一起。