slow

英 [sləʊ] 美 [sloʊ]

• adj. 慢的
• adv. 慢慢地
• v. 放慢；减速

双解释义

adj. (形容词)

1. 慢的

   a person or thing that is slow; does not move or do sth quickly

2. 迟钝的,不灵巧的

   not good or quick in understanding; dull in mind

3. (营业等)清淡的,不忙碌的

   not very active; dull

adv. (副词)

1. 慢慢地

   slowly

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. (使)缓行,(使)减速

   go at a slower speed

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

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

adv. 副词

1. 缓慢地，慢慢地，慢了地，慢速地
2. 迟迟地
3. 热情减退

v. 动词

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

n. 名词

1. 阻化
2. 慢化
3. 滞后

英英释义

Adjective:

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"
   

Adverb:

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"
   

Verb:

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"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. Creeping is a slow method of progression.
   爬是一种很慢的行进法。
2. The slow computer bogged us down.
   速度慢的计算机阻碍了我们。

用作副词 (adv.)

1. Business is going slow these days.
   这些日子，商业活动慢慢减少。
2. My watch is five minutes slow.
   我的表慢五分钟。

用作动词 (v.)

1. You have to slow down your car at the crossing.
   在十字路口, 你得放慢速度。
2. Slow up while the car is over the bridge.
   汽车过桥时要放慢速度。
3. Why Google toolbar slow down my browser?
   为何谷歌快捷方式列会让我的浏览器慢的像乌龟?
4. One wants to slow but time does not await him.
   人欲缓而时不待。

常见句型

用作形容词 (adj.)

用作定语

～+ n.

1. He caught the slow train to Birmingham.
   他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。
2. This is the slow lane of a motorway.
   这是高速公路的慢车道。
3. It was a slow poison.
   那是种慢慢发作的毒药。
4. He is a slow runner.
   他跑得慢。
5. Parts of the film were shown again in slow motion.
   电影有的部分用慢动作重映一遍。

用作表语

S+be+～

1. Why are you so slow?Hurry up!
   你为什么这么慢?快一点!
2. That clock is five minutes slow.
   那钟慢了五分钟。
3. The station clocks are two minutes slow.
   火车站的钟慢两分钟。
4. Beijing is several hours slow on Tokyo.
   北京的时间比东京的时间晚几小时。
5. These articles were particularly slow.
   这些商品特别滞销。
6. The party was rather slow at first but it soon picked up with her arrival.
   起初交谊会很不活跃,但随着她的到来,气氛很快就活跃起来了。
7. We thought the party was rather slow.
   我们觉得那舞会不甚精彩。
8. That game is a bit slow for my taste.
   对于我来说那项运动很没趣。
9. Business is slow just now.
   目前生意清淡。
10. I'm sorry I'm so slow today,I didn't get much sleep last night.
    对不起,我今天反应太迟钝,我昨天晚上没睡多少觉。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

1. They were very slow about paying me.
   他们给我付款拖拖拉拉。
2. She is slow to wrath.
   她轻易不动怒。
3. You are painfully slow with your figures.
   你计算得实在太慢了。

S+be+～+to- v

1. He was slow to answer, deliberating on each question.
   他仔细斟酌每一个问题,不急于回答。
2. She's not slow to tell us what she thinks.
   她总是毫不犹豫地把她的想法告诉我们。
3. He's slow to take a stand.
   他不轻易表明立场。
4. Don't worry if your child was slow to learn to walk.
   如果你的孩子学步慢请不要担心。
5. He is not slow to defend himself.
   他总是为自己开脱。
6. The public has been rather slow to recognize the implications of the new law.
   公众对这一新法律的含义的认识十分迟缓。
7. Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
   〈谚〉轻诺寡信。

S+be+～+that-clause

1. He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded.
   他迟钝得很,许多人以为他智力低下。

用作宾语补足语

S+V+O+～

1. Heavy traffic made our journey very slow.
   繁忙的交通使我们的旅行十分费时。
2. Long grass makes the field slower.
   场地上草很长会影响球的速度。

用作副词 (adv.)

用作状语

1. Drive slow!
   驾车慢行!
2. News travels slow to a backward region.
   消息传到落后地区很慢。
3. How slow the time passes!
   时间过得多么慢啊!
4. How slow would you like me to play?
   你要我弹奏得多慢?

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. The river slows on the flat bottom.
   河水在平坦的河床上减慢了流速。
2. The train slowed as it went around the curve.
   火车驶过弯道时放慢了速度。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. His illness slowed him at school.
   他的病耽误了他的学业。
2. The thick snow slowed her progress.
   厚厚的积雪使她前进速度放慢。
3. The train slowed its speed as it went around the curve.
   火车拐弯时速度慢了下来。
4. He slowed the horse to a walk.
   他放慢马速,使之缓步而行。
5. They slowed their speed to 40 kilometres an hour.
   他们降低车速至每小时40公里。
6. He slowed acquisition of the knowledge of radio by self-study.
   他通过自学逐渐掌握了无线电知识。

经典引文

• 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

常用短语

用作形容词 (adj.)

slow at

对(某事)迟钝的 be slow in; reacting slowly

slow in

迟慢的 tardy

slow of

不灵的 be ineffective

用作副词 (adv.)

go slow

减少活动 be less active than usualYou ought to go slow until you feel really well again.你应该减少活动,要到真正康复以后再说。

用作动词 (v.)

slow down〔up〕 (v.+adv.)

生产缓慢,变得迟钝 make slow produce; become slow witted
slow down
The car slowed down.

汽车慢下来了。
Slow down before you reach the crossing.

车快要到十字路口时就得减速。
The road is slippery, you'd better slow down.

路滑,你最好减速。
Slow down, will you?There's a police car ahead.

放慢速度,好吗?前面有一辆警车。 slow sb/sth ⇔ down〔up〕
You have to slow down your car at the crossing.

在十字路口,你得放慢速度。
The severe snowstorm has slowed the vehicles down.

猛烈的暴风雪使车辆放慢了速度。
Can't you slow this machine down?

你难道不能使这台机器减速?
She slowed down the car when she came to the mountain slope.

她开到山坡处的时候让车速慢了下来。
She's quite fit, but her bad leg slows her down when we're out for a walk.

她很健康,可在我们出去散步时她那条残腿减慢了她走路的速度。
The cold weather slowed down the construction of the bridge.

寒冷的天气使建桥工程进展缓慢。
Their objections are slowing down the progress of the negotiations.

他们的反对使谈判进程放慢下来。 slow down〔up〕
Business slows down in summer.

夏季生意清淡。
Business slows down at this time of year.

每年这段时间生意清淡。
Business slowed down at the stores after Christmas.

圣诞节过后商店的生意就不那么火了。
He's over sixty, but he shows no signs of slowing down.

他年逾60岁,但毫无迟钝的形迹。
He has slowed down a lot since his heart attack.

自心脏病发作以来,他的动作迟钝多了。
You really ought to slow down, all these late nights are doing you no good.

你真该轻松一点了,这些天老开夜车对你的身体没好处。
The doctor advised Jim to slow up for a time to give his heart a chance.

医生劝告吉姆过一段轻松的日子,给他的心脏以康复的机会。 slow sb/sth ⇔ down〔up〕
If I could find some way of slowing my father down, he's taking on far too much work.

如果我能找到什么办法使我的父亲轻松一些就好了,他干的工作太多了。
The factory has had to slow down production since the workers refused to do their best.

自从工人怠工以来,这家工厂不得不减产。

词汇搭配

用作形容词 (adj.)

～+名词

• slow afternoon 沉闷的下午
• slow child 反应慢的孩子
• slow erosion 缓慢的侵蚀
• slow journey 缓慢旅行
• slow learner 迟钝的学习者
• slow march 缓步行进
• slow music 慢节拍的音乐
• slow poison 慢性毒药
• slow progress 缓慢的进展
• slow pupils 迟钝的学生
• slow reason 淡季
• slow recovery 缓慢的恢复
• slow runner 跑得慢的人
• slow town 落后的城镇
• slow train 慢车
• slow vehicle 行驶缓慢的车
• slow walk 缓步行走
• slow walker 走得慢的人

名词+～

• 3 minutes slow (表等)慢三分钟

～+动词不定式

• slow to anger 不轻易发怒

～+介词

• slow at 在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕
• slow at accounts 不善于算账
• slow at arithmetic 不擅长算术
• slow at figures 不善于计算
• slow at sb's work 工作缓慢
• slow in 在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕
• slow in action 行动缓慢
• slow in learning English 学英语很迟钝
• slow in making up one's mind 迟迟拿不定主意
• slow in reacting 反应迟钝
• slow in understanding 理解力迟钝
• slow of 在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕
• slow of hearing 听觉不灵
• slow of learning 学得慢
• slow of speech 不善辞令

用作副词 (adv.)

动词+～

• drive slow 驾车慢行
• play slow 弹奏得慢

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• slow the car 放慢车速
• slow the horse 放慢马速

～+副词

• slow down〔up〕 降低速度
• slow down〔up〕 a motorcar 放慢汽车速度

词语用法

adj. (形容词)

1. slow的基本意思是“慢的”,主要指“速度慢”; 指时间时,表示比正确时间晚; 指人时,表示智力差、反应迟钝,学习上进步不快; 指商业时,表示营业呆滞; slow也可作“不乐意,不起劲”解,还可作“表面能降低运动速度的”解。
2. slow可作定语或表语,用作表语时其后可接动词不定式、介词短语或that从句; slow也可以用作宾语补足语。
3. slow前可用rather, too等来修饰。

adv. (副词)

1. slow用作副词时,常用来修饰动词。

v. (动词)

1. slow用作形容词或副词的意思是“慢”,用作动词时意思是“(使)变慢”,指由于外界原因使汽车等速度变慢。引申可指逐渐地掌握一门技术。
2. slow既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。
3. slow可接副词up〔down〕表示“(使)慢下来”。

词义辨析

adj. (形容词)

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。

adv. (副词)

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。

v. (动词)

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。

常见错误

adv. (副词)

1. 请慢慢说。

   误 Please slow speak.

   正 Please speak slow.

   析 slow与go, drive, speak, read, walk, run等动词连用时,一般放在这些词之后。

v. (动词)

1. 这本书很乏味。

   误 This book is fairly slow.

   正 This book is rather slow.

   析 slow一般用rather或too等修饰,而不用fairly, much等修饰。

词源解说

• ☆ 直接源自古英语的slaw，意为不积极的。

近反义词

【近义词】

• backward
• behind
• crass
• delayed
• deliberate
• dense
• dull
• dumb
• gradual
• laggard
• late
• lazy
• leisurely
• stupid
• unhurried
• slowly

【反义词】

• active
• fast
• quick
• rapid
• swift