slowly
adv. 緩慢地
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. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly');
2. in music;
slowly but surely
慢而穩地
The funeral made its way slowly through the silent streets.
送葬的隊伍緩緩地穿過肅靜的街道.
Then he spoke slowly, but I could not understand him.
後來,他說話說得慢了, 但是我還是聽不懂他的話.
The batsman began slowly but once he got his eye in he started to play some very good shots.
那個擊球手起步較慢,但是當他的眼光變得準確起來後,他打了幾個很好的球.
He dragged his tired feet slowly along.
他拖著疲倦的步子慢慢地走著.
He made his way up the mountain slowly but surely.
他上山慢,但很穩當.