(使)慢下来; (使)生产缓慢, (使)变得迟钝
1. 慢驶:卑诗工作安全局的发言人约翰逊(Gladys Johnsen)说,他们将在素里举办一个慢驶(Slow Down)活动,提醒市民在通过正在修葺的1号公路(Highway 16)和海天公路(Sea-to-Sky Highway)时,把车辆的速度减低至37公里,以及小心遵守交通指挥员的指示及留意路牌,
2. 慢下来:据Honore指出,於1995至2003年任哈佛(相关新闻 - 网站)大学本科生学院(Harvard College)院长的Harry Lewis,自2001年起每年都向新生发出题为<<慢下来>>(Slow Down)的公开信.
3. slow down
3. 慢:会议期间,美国贸易谈判代表施瓦布认为,中国近年来的改革如果不是倒退(backsliding)的话,便是在放慢(slow down). 12月15日的<<纽约时报>>甚至诬蔑吴仪副总理的讲话具有防御性(defensive)和挑衅性(defiant).
1. (使)放慢;(使)减速
If something slows down or is if something slows it down, it starts to move or happen more slowly.
slow down
e.g. The car slowed down as they passed Customs...
过海关的时候,车速慢了下来。
e.g. There is no cure for the disease, although drugs can slow down its rate of development...
尽管药物可以减缓病情的发展,但是这种病仍然是不治之症。
2. (使)身心松弛;(使)放松
If someone slows down or if something slows them down, they become less active.
e.g. You will need to slow down for a while...
你需要放松一段时间。
e.g. He was still taking some medication which slowed him down.
他仍然在服用能够让他放松下来的药物。
3. see also: slowdown
verb
1. become less tense, rest, or take one''s ease
e.g. He relaxed in the hot tub
Let''s all relax after a hard day''s work
Synonym: relaxloosen upunbendunwinddecompress
2. reduce the speed of
e.g. He slowed down the car
Synonym: decelerate
3. lose velocity
move more slowly
e.g. The car decelerated
Synonym: decelerateslowslow upretard
4. become slow or slower
e.g. Production slowed
Synonym: slowslow upslackslacken
5. cause to proceed more slowly
e.g. The illness slowed him down