slow的经典引文

1. 迟钝的，迟缓的；不活泼的
2. 慢的，缓慢的； 慢性的
3. 笨的，理解力差的
4. （经营等）清淡的， 不景气的
5. 耗时的
6. 乏味的
7. 不轻易的
8. 【摄】曝光慢的
9. 火力不旺的
10. 不很乐意的
11. 迟迟不…的

1. 缓慢地，慢慢地，慢了地，慢速地
2. 迟迟地
3. 热情减退

1. 减缓，变慢，放慢，减速；使减速，使慢，开慢，慢起来
2. 变萧条
3. 拖延使呆滞
4. 缓和，缓行
5. 降低
6. 松劲
7. 阻碍，妨碍

1. 阻化
2. 慢化
3. 滞后

1. not moving quickly; taking a comparatively long time;

   "a slow walker"
   "the slow lane of traffic"
   "her steps were slow"
   "he was slow in reacting to the news"
   "slow but steady growth"
   

2. at a slow tempo;

   "the band played a slow waltz"
   

3. slow to learn or understand; lacking intellectual acuity;

   "so dense he never understands anything I say to him"
   "never met anyone quite so dim"
   "although dull at classical learning, at mathematics he was uncommonly quick"
   "dumb officials make some really dumb decisions"
   "he was either normally stupid or being deliberately obtuse"
   "worked with the slow students"
   

4. (used of timepieces) indicating a time earlier than the correct time;

   "the clock is slow"
   

5. so lacking in interest as to cause mental weariness;

   "a boring evening with uninteresting people"
   "the deadening effect of some routine tasks"
   "a dull play"
   "his competent but dull performance"
   "a ho-hum speaker who couldn't capture their attention"
   "what an irksome task the writing of long letters is"
   "tedious days on the train"
   "the tiresome chirping of a cricket"
   "other people's dreams are dreadfully wearisome"
   

6. (of business) not active or brisk;

   "business is dull (or slow)"
   "a sluggish market"
   

1. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly');

   "he spoke slowly"
   "go easy here--the road is slippery"
   "glaciers move tardily"
   "please go slow so I can see the sights"
   

2. of timepieces;

   "the clock is almost an hour slow"
   "my watch is running behind"
   

1. lose velocity; move more slowly;

   "The car decelerated"
   

2. become slow or slower;

   "Production slowed"
   

3. cause to proceed more slowly;

   "The illness slowed him down"
   

1.

1. 慢步：舞步有快步和慢步 快步(quick)占半拍 用Q表示;慢步(slow)占一拍 用S表示. 基本节奏是慢、慢、快、快、慢(S、S、Q、Q、S). 舞曲节奏带有停顿并强调切分音;舞步顿挫有力 潇洒豪放;身体无起伏、无升降、无旋转;表情严肃 有左顾右盼的头部闪动动作.

• I must be slow, for only then did I realize that Stahr was..Smith.

  出自：Scott Fitzgerald

• My breathing slowed and I grew calmer.

  出自：J. M. Coetzee

• Traffic..slowed to a honking..crawl.

  出自：J. Updike

American English Rhythm-(美国英语的节拍)

A：Hello, Harry. Where are you off to?
你好，哈里，你到哪儿去？

B：I'm going home to study my English lesson.
我回家去温习英语课。

A：English lesson?
英语课？

B：Yes. I'm trying to learn a little more.I don't always understand what people say, and they don't always understand me.
是的，我想尽量多学一点。我总是听不懂人家讲的话，别人也听不懂我讲的话。

slow

A：What're you learning about?
你在学习什么呢？

B：Well. For instance, some words in a sentence are stressed.The time between two of these stressed words is always about the same. No matter how many words there are.This is what makes English sound jerky. First you go very fast, and then perhaps youslow up.
嗯，例如，在一句话中的有些词是加重语气的,其中两个词间隔的时间总是几乎一样的。不论一句中有多少加重的词,这就使英语的音调显得不平稳。开始你说得很快，后来可能慢下来。

slow

A：Hmmmm. I never noticed that. Give me an example.
哦，我倒从来没有注意到这点。给我举个例子。

B：Sure, Here's a sentence we memorized for class. "You told me last night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time."It takes just as long to say"not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time"as it does to say"you told me last night"
可以。这儿有一句我们在上课时应记住的话："You told me last night not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time。"在说"not to let you argue me out of getting you up on time"这段话的时间就和说"you told me last night"这句话一样长。

下面两个句子的意思相同：

She was slow to react.

She was slow in reaction.

她反应迟钝。

下面两个句子的意思不同：

She was slow in learning English.

她学习英语很缓慢。

She was slow at learning English.

她不善于学习英语。

slow, slowly

这两个词都有“慢”的意思,都可用作副词。其区别是：

1.slow除可用作副词外,还可用作形容词或动词。例如:

He caught the slow train to Birmingham.他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。

2.slow侧重于表示状态,而slowly则表示动作的方式。例如:

She walked slow.

她行走缓慢。

She walked slowly.

她缓慢地走着。

3.slowly可用在多种场合,位置较灵活,既可放在谓语动词之前,也可放在谓语动词之后,有时甚至放在句首; slow只用在如go, run, speak, read, burn, drive等动词的后面或how引起的感叹句中。例如:

He walks slowly.他走得很慢。

Do speak slower!说慢一点行吗!

We slowly climbed over the mountain.我们慢慢爬过了山头。

We climbed slowly over the mountain.我们慢慢爬过了山头。

Slowly we climbed over the mountain.慢慢地我们爬过了山头。

4.slow常可用于引申义。例如:

Work became slow and he could earn only a few days' pay a month.活儿变轻闲了,他每月只能挣到几天的工资。

5.slow比slowly语气更强。

slow, delay, detain, retard, slacken

这组词都可表示“使某人〔事〕落后于”原计划的安排或通常的进展速度。它们之间的区别是:delay主要指因某事的干扰而妨碍按时完成或到达; detain主要指耽误时间,不能按时到达或离开,也可指不能完成想完成的事情; retard主要指减慢运动、进步速度; slow常与up或down连用,指降低进步的速度,强调主观的意图和目的性; slacken侧重某种松弛〔懈〕。例如:

I was detained late in the factory.厂里有事我无法脱身,很晚才离开。

Cold weather retards the growth of the crops.寒冷的天气妨碍作物的生长。

His bad leg slows him down a lot.他那条受伤的腿使他的速度大受影响。

Don't slacken your efforts when the job is only half done.工作只做到一半时可别松劲。