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Slowdown Reduction Speed Protest Work Slowly ˈsləʊdaʊn Noun

word slowdown
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/slo͟ʊdaʊn/
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[N-COUNT 可数名词]放慢;放缓 A slowdown is a reduction in speed or activity.
  • There has been a sharp slowdown in economic growth.

    经济增长的速度明显放慢。

2
[N-COUNT 可数名词]怠工 A slowdown is a protest in which workers deliberately work slowly and cause problems for their employers.
  [AM 美]
  [BUSINESS 商]
  • It's impossible to assess how many officers are participating in the slowdown.

    要估算出究竟多少高级职员参与了怠工是不可能的。

in BRIT, use 英国英语用 go-slow

Oxford slow·down / ˈsləʊdaʊn ; NAmE ˈsloʊdaʊn / noun 1 a reduction in speed or activity 减速;减缓 a slowdown in economic growth 经济增长的减缓 2 ( NAmE) ( BrE ˌgo-ˈslow ) a protest that workers make by doing their work more slowly than usual 怠工 compare
work-to-rule
slowdown slowdowns
slow·down / ˈsləʊdaʊn ; NAmE ˈsloʊdaʊn /
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slowdownslow‧down /ˈsləʊdaʊn $ ˈsloʊ-/ noun
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1[countable usually singular] a reduction in activity or speedslowdown in a slowdown in the US economy2[countable] American English a period when people deliberately work slowly in order to protest about something
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slowdown

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减速(96%),降低速度(4%)
n.减速;怠工;降低速度

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