slowing
v. (使)緩行, (使)減速( slow的現在分詞 )
Something that is slow moves, happens, or is done without much speed.
The traffic is heavy and slow...
交通擁擠,車流緩慢。
Electric whisks should be used on a slow speed.
使用自動攪拌器時應該選用慢擋。
In informal English, slower is used to mean 'at a slower speed' and slowest is used to mean 'at the slowest speed'. In non-standard English, slow is used to mean 'with little speed'.
I began to walk slower and slower...
我走得越來越慢。
We got there by driving slow all the way.
我們開著車去了那裡,一路上開得很慢。
Something that is slow takes a long time.
The distribution of passports has been a slow process.
頒發護照的過程非常緩慢。
If someone is slow to do something, they do it after a delay.
The world community has been slow to respond to the crisis...
國際社會對這次危機反應遲緩。
I've been a bit slow in making up my mind.
我下決心有些慢。
If something slows or if you slow it, it starts to move or happen more slowly.
The rate of bombing has slowed considerably...
轟炸的速度明顯慢了下來。
She slowed the car and began driving up a narrow road...
她放慢車速,開始駛上一條狹窄的道路。
Someone who is slow is not very clever and takes a long time to understand things.
He got hit on the head and he's been a bit slow since.
他的腦袋受過撞擊,從那以後,他的反應變得有些遲鈍。
If you describe a situation, place, or activity as slow, you mean that it is not very exciting.
Don't be faint-hearted when things seem a bit slow or boring...
事情變得有點沉悶無聊的時候,不要膽怯。
The island is too slow for her liking.
這個島太沉悶了,不合她的胃口。
If a clock or watch is slow, it shows a time that is earlier than the correct time.
1. a decrease in speed;
The accident was caused by people slowing down to rubber-neck.
事故是由為了看熱鬧而減速的人引起的。
The CBI also says the squeeze is slowing down inflation.
英國工業聯合會還說經濟緊縮正在減緩通貨膨脹。
Investors were spooked by slowing economies.
經濟增長速度的放慢讓投資者神經緊張。
Sales are slowing up.
銷售的速度慢了下來。
The roadworks are slowing the traffic up in the mornings.
道路施工使早上的交通遲緩下來.