[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。
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[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; NAmEˈsloʊdaʊn/noun1a reduction in speed or activity 减速;减缓◆a slowdown in economic growth经济增长的减缓2( NAmE) (BrEˌgo-ˈslow)a protest that workers make by doing their work more slowly than usual 怠工☞compare
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
WDF
slowdown
[ˈsləʊdaʊn]
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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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