slowness
n. 緩慢,遲鈍
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. unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training
2. a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry
3. lack of normal development of intellectual capacities
Steve accelerated with infuriating slowness.
史蒂夫令人惱火地緩慢加速。
She lowered the glass with calculated slowness.
她有意慢慢地放低了玻璃杯。
He turned back abruptly to her as if impatient with her slowness.
他兀地一下轉過身對著她,彷彿對她的遲緩感到不耐煩似的.
The slowness of her progress discouraged her.
她進步緩慢,使她很沮喪.
But it is still the major cause of slowness in using operation research.
然而,這仍是作業研究應用緩慢的主要原因.