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| 1 | a slow movement or action does not happen fast 行动迟缓的；慢的 |
| It’ s a long slow walk to the top of hill. 到山顶要走一段漫长费时的路。 |
| A slow smile spread across her face. 一丝笑容慢慢浮现在她的脸上。 |
| | 1a | used for describing something that is moving or moves in this way 缓慢移动的 | | Most large lorries are slow and difficult to drive. 大多数大卡车都行驶缓慢，难以驾驶。 | |
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| 2 | taking a long time 费时的 |
| Selecting the best candidate is a slow process. 挑选最佳候选人很费时间。 |
| painfully slow (=very slow) Progress has been painfully slow. 电影的第一部分很沉闷。 |
| | 2a | used for saying that someone or something is not fast enough 慢吞吞的；磨蹭的 | | I need a new laptop – this one’ s really slow. 我需要一台新的笔记本电脑，这台速度实在太慢了。 | | slow to do sth My boss is always slow to tell us about changes in the schedule. 在日程安排的变化方面，我的老板通知我们总是很迟缓。 | | slow inabout doing sth They’ re usually pretty slow in returning my phone calls. 他们回复我的电话通常很慢。 | |
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| 3 | not intelligent , so that you need a lot of time to understand simple things 迟钝的；愚钝的 |
| My teachers thought I was a slow learner. 我的老师们认为我学得很慢。 |
| Adrian is a bit slow. 阿德里安有点迟钝。 |
| | 3a | to feel/be tired and unable to think clearly 感到迟钝 | | Could you repeat that? I’ m feeling a bit slow today. 你能重复一下吗？我今天有点迟钝。 | |
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| 4 | not busy , exciting , or full of activity 不忙的；不令人兴奋的；不活跃的；清淡的 |
| The first part of the film is very slow. 电影的第一部分很沉闷。 |
| The weeks after Christmas are usually fairly slow in most shops. 圣诞节后的几个星期大多数商店的生意通常都很清淡。 |
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| 5 | a watch or clock that is slow shows a time that is earlier than the correct time （钟表）慢的 |
| Your watch is 15 minutes slow. 你的表慢了15分钟。 |
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| 6 | slow film for a camera is not very sensitive to light , so it takes more time to take a photograph （摄影胶片）感光度低的，曝光时间长的 |
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| 7 | a slow oven is operating at a very low temperature （火炉）不旺的，火力弱的 |
| Cook in a very slow oven for 2 hours. 用文火煮两个小时。 |
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| - | be slow going spoken
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| used for saying that progress is slow and difficult to achieve |
| 进程缓慢 |
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| I’ m trying to call everyone on the list, but it’ s been slow going. 我正试图打电话给名单上的每个人，但进展缓慢。 |
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| - | slow off the mark/blocks informal
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| not reacting quickly to take advantage of a situation |
| （反应）非常迟钝 |
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