sluggish

[US]/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
[UK]/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. 蕭條的;遲鈍的;懶惰的;行動遲緩的
n. 市況呆滯;市勢疲弱

Phrases & Collocations

sluggish economy

蕭條的經濟

sluggish market

呆滯的市面

Example Sentences

a sluggish stream; sluggish growth.

緩緩的小溪;緩慢的生長

a gentle paddle on sluggish water.

在緩緩流水中輕輕地划槳。

the car had been sluggish all morning.

這車整個早上都快不起來。

sluggish krait banded with black and yellow.

身上有黑色或黃色條紋行動緩慢的金環蛇。

she suggests ways to jump-start the sluggish educational system.

她提出了幾種方法來推動發展遲緩的教育體制。

under the ford the river backs up, giving a deep sluggish flow.

淺灘可趟處河水受阻,因此那兒的水深且流速緩慢。

It may well be called the Concord, the river of peace and quietness;for it is certainly the most unexcitable and sluggish stream that ever loi¬tered imperceptible towards its eternity—the sea.

河名康科德,本有和平安靜之意,河流遲緩,呆呆地於不知不覺中注人大海,絲毫沒有出奇之處。

Real-world Examples

You might start coughing, feel sluggish and have chest pain.

你可能會開始咳嗽、感覺遲鈍和胸痛。

Source: If there is a if.

The snake was sluggish because of the cold weather.

由於天氣寒冷,蛇行動遲緩。

Source: IELTS Vocabulary: Category Recognition

But the sluggish US economic recovery has also contributed to the exodus.

美國經濟復甦放緩也是原因之一。

Source: BBC Listening Collection November 2015

The koala is a sluggish, tailless, furry arboreal marsupial.

考拉是一種行動遲緩的、無尾的、有皮毛、生活於樹上的有袋目哺乳動物。

Source: IELTS Listening

This reduces the battery's power, leading to sluggish acceleration.

這降低了電池的能量,導致加速緩慢。

Source: The Economist - Technology

Absence of myelin sheath means that the nerve impulses become slow and sluggish.

失去髓鞘後,神經衝動傳導會變得遲緩。

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

The recovery remains sluggish, but compares well with those of other economies.

復甦仍舊遲緩,但是比較起其他經濟產業的復甦來說已經很不錯了。

Source: The Economist - International

And as sluggish economic growth model is the third one.

遲緩的經濟增長模式是第三個問題。

Source: VOA Standard English_Americas

Progress remains equally sluggish when it comes to compensation.

薪酬待遇方面的改善也同樣遲緩。

Source: Lean In

And I would feel so sluggish, and awkward, and weird.

我會覺得很遲鈍,很尷尬,很奇怪。

Source: Learn American pronunciation with Hadar.

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