slow on the uptake

1 not quick to understand something new 〔对新事物〕理解得慢，领悟得慢

Sometimes Tim’s a little slow on the uptake.

蒂姆有时理解得有点慢。

Examples from the Corpus

slow on the uptake• And so, finally, to Anthony O'Hear, intellectual and all-round clever fellow, albeit a bit slow on the uptake.• In fact I've had to conclude that I am generally rather slow on the uptake.• Sarah wasn't slow on the uptake this time.• Could anyone really be that slow on the uptake? wondered Pascoe.• A bit slow on the uptake, you might think, Haringey's finance department.

→ slow on the uptake at slow1(1)

2 informalINTELLIGENTSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT to be slow or fast at understanding something 领会[理解]慢/快

→ be slow/quick on the uptake at uptake(1)

单词	slow on the uptake
释义	slow on the uptake slow on the uptake 1 not quick to understand something new 〔对新事物〕理解得慢，领悟得慢 Sometimes Tim’s a little slow on the uptake. 蒂姆有时理解得有点慢。 Examples from the Corpus slow on the uptake• And so, finally, to Anthony O'Hear, intellectual and all-round clever fellow, albeit a bit slow on the uptake.• In fact I've had to conclude that I am generally rather slow on the uptake.• Sarah wasn't slow on the uptake this time.• Could anyone really be that slow on the uptake? wondered Pascoe.• A bit slow on the uptake, you might think, Haringey's finance department. → slow on the uptake at slow1(1) 2 informalINTELLIGENTSTUPID/NOT INTELLIGENT to be slow or fast at understanding something 领会[理解]慢/快 → be slow/quick on the uptake at uptake(1)
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