crash program
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4.4
- noun
- /kræʃ ˈproʊɡræm/
- US
:
programa de emergencia
- So, for example, I believe that the US should be encouraging a crash program to build a lot more nuclear power.
So they have their whole solution involves a crash program of unprecedented mining and development.
- So they have their whole solution involves a crash program of unprecedented mining and development.
Examples
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The United States should support this initiative, along with a major crash program to increase the implementation capacity of the ministries.
Academic text (2007) -
As president, I will launch a crash program in civilian and military schools to prepare more experts in critical languages such as Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, and Pashto.
Academic text (2007) -
Of course, a crash program would also take these production aspects into account.
Blog text (32) -
If a crash program is started by 2012, mass production can begin by 2020.
Blog text (32) -
However, a crash program to ready the missiles could cut that time.
Fiction book (2000) -
The new government established friendly relations with the United States and immediately began a crash program to build schools and health clinics.
Academic text (2007) -
Now, as we enter the second golden era, there's going to be yet another crash program to miniaturize computers even more.
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It appears the Soviets have commenced a crash program to ready the missiles.
Fiction book (2000) -
The crash program was a last-ditch attempt to make a bomb with highly enriched uranium reactor fuel that Iraq had legally purchased under international safeguards in the late 1970s.
Academic text (2012) -
In response to the natural disaster, the government launched a crash program to provide immediate medical aid and shelter.
How Urgent
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning can be partially inferred: 'crash' conveys suddenness/urgency and as a modifier of 'program' it plausibly yields an urgent, rapid initiative. However, the specialized extension of 'crash' from failures/accidents to mean an emergency, intensive response (as in 'crash course') is somewhat conventionalized, so the exact nuance may not be fully predictable to a B1 learner without prior exposure.
Etymology
Crash program may come from the image of a sudden crash and a planned program of work. The idea is of a strong, fast push to fix a problem in an 'urgent' time, so it now means a rapid, intense course or effort.