sluggish

英 [ˈslʌɡɪʃ]

美 [ˈslʌɡɪʃ]

adj.  缓慢的; 迟缓的; 懒洋洋的

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Collins.1 / BNC.11196 / COCA.10122

牛津词典

adj.

• 缓慢的；迟缓的；懒洋洋的
  moving, reacting or working more slowly than normal and in a way that seems lazy
  1. sluggish traffic
     缓缓移动的车流
  2. a sluggish economy
     经济停滞
  3. the sluggish black waters of the canal
     运河里缓慢流动的黑乎乎的河水
  4. He felt very heavy and sluggish after the meal.
     饭后他感觉身子很沉，不想动。

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 懒洋洋的;缓慢的;有气无力的
  You can describe something assluggishif it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal.
  1. The economy remains sluggish...
     经济的发展仍然非常缓慢。
  2. Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.
     脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。
  3. ...the sluggish pace of reforms.
     改革的缓慢步伐

英英释义

adj

• slow and apathetic
  1. she was fat and inert
  2. a sluggish worker
  3. a mind grown torpid in old age
  Synonym:inertsoggytorpid
• (of business) not active or brisk
  1. business is dull (or slow)
  2. a sluggish market
  Synonym:dullslow
• moving slowly
  1. a sluggish stream
  Synonym:sulky

双语例句

• This process is sluggish if you have insulin resistance.
  如果你有胰岛素抵抗的话，这个过程就会被延迟。
• Promoting orderly migration of people. The westward flow of population would have been far more sluggish.
  26、促进人口有序迁移和流动。否则人口的向西迁移也将缓慢得多。
• The report showed sluggish exports, with further deterioration in prospect as the global economy grinds towards recession.
  报告显示了处于呆滞状态的出口业，在全球经济即将陷入衰退的阴影下其前景堪忧。
• Don't be so sluggish. Put yourself together.
  不要这样懒散，振作起来。
• Statistics paint a sobering picture — unemployment, tight credit, lower home values, sluggish job growth.
  统计数据描绘了一幅不容乐观的画面：失业率攀升，信贷从紧，家庭观念淡薄，就业机会增长缓慢。
• The economy remains sluggish
  经济的发展仍然非常缓慢。
• That way, they warn, lies the relatively high unemployment and sluggish growth of Europe and japan.
  他们警告：那样的话，就会出现欧洲和日本式的相对较高的失业率和经济增长不景气。
• Your program helped me fix my sluggish computer, and it also accelerated the boot up.
  你的计划帮助我解决我的电脑缓慢，也加快了开机注册。
• He would try to awake their dormant and sluggish faculties.
  他应该要试图唤醒学生的懒散和呆滞的本能。
• The EU and Japan seem stuck in sluggish growth and declining demographics.
  欧盟和日本看上去陷于滞缓的经济增长和不断衰落的人口结构。