| 词组 | slow |
| 释义 | 1． 表示“慢慢地”，常用 slowly; slow 很少作副词，作副词一般要与其它词组合后才用: It is advisable to start slowly，so that your body gets accustomed to the exercise rather than shocked into it. The government is likely to go slow with the proposed privatiza- tion of state-owned companies. When you drive slow in the fast lane，horns are beeping from be- hind. Please speak slower than usual as I will be typing everything you say to the person on the other end of the line. Slow-moving shoppers come un- der fire. 2． 表示“在某方面慢的”，后面常跟介词 in，about，at，of 等: The realization is slow in coming. The school is slow about process- ing the entry fee check. My Outlook Express is slow at do- ing everything. He is slow of understanding. 3． the slow lane 在美国指“慢车道”， 在英国主要可表示 “( 人、国家、公司等做事) 进展慢的”: We are the guys driving in the slow lane with the hazard lights on. ( 美国用法) It could lead to a two-speed Eu- rope with Britain in the slow lane. ( 英国用法) 4． slow motion 一般不可数，但指 “各种慢动作”时，也可以作可数: Everything I did seemed in slow motion. ( 泛指“慢动作”，不可数) The seat of the rower involves these kinds of slow motions. ( 指 “各种慢动作”，可数) sluggish sluggish 表示“慢的”可以形容人或事物，可作具体名词，也可作抽象名词: sluggish felling sluggish movement sluggish economy sluggish relief sluggish email sluggish Jazz sluggish response of prices sluggish performance sluggish stream sluggish creek sluggish car engine sluggish trading sluggish growth sluggish pace of reform sluggish markets sluggish system sluggish trend sluggish website sluggish post-recession sluggish inflation sluggish import demand slum，ghetto，skid row 三词都有“贫民窟”的含义。 1． slum 最普通常用，可指各种贫民窟。 2． ghetto 尤指“某个特殊种族、宗教、民族聚居的贫民窟”: a Jewish ghetto the black ghettos in the States; 3． skid row 主要是美国用法，常指 “酒鬼、无家可归者等聚居的、最贫困的贫民窟”: He lost his job and became a skid row type of drunkard. |
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