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sluggish adj.行动迟缓的 Just about anything can be sluggish. An old computer that takes forever to load a piece of software is sluggish, as is a car that can't quite make it up a big hill. And who isn't sluggish in the morning before the first cup of coffee?! Picture a slug moving its heavy little body across a basketball court... Still going? Yes. It will take that slug forever to get to the foul line at the sluggish pace it's moving. ★☆☆☆☆ 2010.5

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['slʌgiʃ] When you are feeling draggy — positively slug-like — you are sluggish, or slow. If cookie sales are sluggish at your bake sale, you are selling very few treats. Overall, Europe's wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]懒洋洋的；缓慢的；有气无力的 You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. The economy remains sluggish...经济的发展仍然非常缓慢。Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands.脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。...the sluggish pace of reforms.改革的缓慢步伐sluggishlyThe company has responded sluggishly to these changes in technology.该公司对这些技术上的变化反应迟缓。sluggishness...the sluggishness of Britain's economic recovery.英国缓慢的经济复苏

英语单词	sluggish
英美音标	['slʌgiʃ]
中文释义	adj.行动迟缓的
vocab简明	When you are feeling draggy — positively slug-like — you are sluggish, or slow. If cookie sales are sluggish at your bake sale, you are selling very few treats.
vocab扩展	Just about anything can be sluggish. An old computer that takes forever to load a piece of software is sluggish, as is a car that can't quite make it up a big hill. And who isn't sluggish in the morning before the first cup of coffee?! Picture a slug moving its heavy little body across a basketball court... Still going? Yes. It will take that slug forever to get to the foul line at the sluggish pace it's moving.
真题原句	Overall, Europe's wholesale market for food and drink is growing at the same sluggish pace as the retail market, but the figures, when added together, mask two opposing trends.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]懒洋洋的；缓慢的；有气无力的 You can describe something as sluggish if it moves, works, or reacts much slower than you would like or is normal. The economy remains sluggish... 经济的发展仍然非常缓慢。 Circulation is much more sluggish in the feet than in the hands. 脚部的循环比手部的循环缓慢得多。 ...the sluggish pace of reforms. 改革的缓慢步伐 sluggishly The company has responded sluggishly to these changes in technology. 该公司对这些技术上的变化反应迟缓。 sluggishness ...the sluggishness of Britain's economic recovery. 英国缓慢的经济复苏
来源	2010.5

Sluggish Pace Forever Slug Slʌgiʃ Adj.行动迟缓的 Feeling Draggy