Haste is the quality of doing something quickly, sometimes too quickly so that you are careless and make mistakes.
In their haste to escape the rising water, they dropped some expensive equipment.
他们在河水上涨时仓皇逃离,丢弃了一些贵重设备。
in haste
If you do something in haste, you do it quickly and hurriedly, and sometimes carelessly.
Don't act in haste or be hot-headed.
别匆忙行事,也别头脑发热。