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单词 sluggish
释义
sluggish
adjective
uk
/ˈslʌɡ.ɪʃ/us
/ˈslʌɡ.ɪʃ/
movingoroperatingmoreslowlythanusualand with lessenergyorpower:
行动缓慢的；迟缓的
Aheavylunchmakes me sluggish in theafternoon.丰盛的午餐使我一下午都懒得动弹。
Something iswrongwith thecar- theenginefeelssluggish.这辆车出了问题——引擎运转不太顺畅。
Thehousingmarkethas been very sluggish these past fewyears.过去这几年房地产市场一直很萧条。
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Related words

sluggishly
sluggishness
(Definition ofsluggishfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

sluggish| American Dictionary

sluggish
adjective
us
/ˈslʌɡ·ɪʃ/

sluggishadjective(CREATURE)

moving,acting, orworkingwith less thanusualspeedorenergy:
a sluggisheconomy
a sluggishdrain
(Definition ofsluggishfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

sluggish| Business English

sluggish
adjective
ECONOMICS
uk
/ˈslʌɡɪʃ/us
movingoroperatingmoreslowlythanusual:
Fiercecompetitionand sluggishdemandhaveresultedin verypoorsales.
asluggishmarket/economy/performance
(Definition ofsluggishfrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsluggish

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The cancellation of the slow signals helps to explain why thesluggishspectrally opponent signals are relatively small under most conditions.
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Once this input is changed, the system exhibits eithersluggishor oscillatory response depending on the input values.
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At this stage the nematode assumed a crescent-shaped posture and becamesluggishfor varying periods of time.
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Some blood glucose levels increased rapidly, and others showed a moresluggisheffect.
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The sales and return system restricted credit by shortening the repayment period precisely when the market was moving into its mostsluggishperiod.
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At the lowest speeds tested, the response is only a smallsluggishnegative wave with peak latencies exceeding 200 ms (top).
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Musically it was the mostsluggishof backwaters.
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We have shown that a credit constraint may lead tosluggishsupply response.
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Thesluggishflow of contrast supported the notion that the defect was clinically and effectively small.
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Sluggishcognitive tempo predicts a different pattern of impairment in the attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, predominantly inattentive type.
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Termites affected by hydramethylnon becamesluggishand moved backwards or in circles.
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This causes the initial inflation response to be even moresluggish.
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Thesluggishadjustment of consumption makes possible its long-term rise.
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The mostsluggishmovement in tractor purchases can be seen in the west.
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From itssluggishhabits and erratic flight it may be inferred that it is incapable of spreading much by its own efforts.
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