用作形容词(adj.)

Creeping is a slow method of progression.爬是一种很慢的行进法。

The slow computer bogged us down.速度慢的计算机阻碍了我们。

用作副词(adv.)

Business is going slow these days.这些日子，商业活动慢慢减少。

My watch is five minutes slow.我的表慢五分钟。

用作动词(v.)

You have to slow down your car at the crossing.在十字路口, 你得放慢速度。

Slow up while the car is over the bridge.汽车过桥时要放慢速度。

Why Google toolbar slow down my browser?为何谷歌快捷方式列会让我的浏览器慢的像乌龟?

One wants to slow but time does not await him.人欲缓而时不待。

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

He caught the slow train to Birmingham.
他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。

This is the slow lane of a motorway.
这是高速公路的慢车道。

It was a slow poison.
那是种慢慢发作的毒药。

He is a slow runner.
他跑得慢。

Parts of the film were shown again in slow motion.
电影有的部分用慢动作重映一遍。

用作表语S+be+～

Why are you so slow?Hurry up!
你为什么这么慢?快一点!

That clock is five minutes slow.
那钟慢了五分钟。

The station clocks are two minutes slow.
火车站的钟慢两分钟。

Beijing is several hours slow on Tokyo.
北京的时间比东京的时间晚几小时。

These articles were particularly slow.
这些商品特别滞销。

The party was rather slow at first but it soon picked up with her arrival.
起初交谊会很不活跃,但随着她的到来,气氛很快就活跃起来了。

We thought the party was rather slow.
我们觉得那舞会不甚精彩。

That game is a bit slow for my taste.
对于我来说那项运动很没趣。

Business is slow just now.
目前生意清淡。

I'm sorry I'm so slow today,I didn't get much sleep last night.
对不起,我今天反应太迟钝,我昨天晚上没睡多少觉。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

They were very slow about paying me.
他们给我付款拖拖拉拉。

She is slow to wrath.
她轻易不动怒。

You are painfully slow with your figures.
你计算得实在太慢了。

S+be+～+to- v

He was slow to answer, depberating on each question.
他仔细斟酌每一个问题,不急于回答。

She's not slow to tell us what she thinks.
她总是毫不犹豫地把她的想法告诉我们。

He's slow to take a stand.
他不轻易表明立场。

Don't worry if your child was slow to learn to walk.
如果你的孩子学步慢请不要担心。

He is not slow to defend himself.
他总是为自己开脱。

The pubpc has been rather slow to recognize the imppcations of the new law.
公众对这一新法律的含义的认识十分迟缓。

Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
〈谚〉轻诺寡信。

S+be+～+that-clause

He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded.
他迟钝得很,许多人以为他智力低下。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+～

Heavy traffic made our journey very slow.
繁忙的交通使我们的旅行十分费时。

Long grass makes the field slower.
场地上草很长会影响球的速度。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

Drive slow!
驾车慢行!

News travels slow to a backward region.
消息传到落后地区很慢。

How slow the time passes!
时间过得多么慢啊!

How slow would you pke me to play?
你要我弹奏得多慢?

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

The river slows on the flat bottom.
河水在平坦的河床上减慢了流速。

The train slowed as it went around the curve.
火车驶过弯道时放慢了速度。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

His illness slowed him at school.
他的病耽误了他的学业。

The thick snow slowed her progress.
厚厚的积雪使她前进速度放慢。

The train slowed its speed as it went around the curve.
火车拐弯时速度慢了下来。

He slowed the horse to a walk.
他放慢马速,使之缓步而行。

They slowed their speed to 40 kilometres an hour.
他们降低车速至每小时40公里。

He slowed acquisition of the knowledge of radio by self-study.
他通过自学逐渐掌握了无线电知识。

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

slow afternoon沉闷的下午

slow child反应慢的孩子

slow erosion缓慢的侵蚀

slow journey缓慢旅行

slow learner迟钝的学习者

slow march缓步行进

slow music慢节拍的音乐

slow poison慢性毒药

slow progress缓慢的进展

slow pupils迟钝的学生

slow reason淡季

slow recovery缓慢的恢复

slow runner跑得慢的人

slow town落后的城镇

slow train慢车

slow vehicle行驶缓慢的车

slow walk缓步行走

slow walker走得慢的人

名词+～

3 minutes slow(表等)慢三分钟

～+动词不定式

slow to anger不轻易发怒

～+介词

slow at在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕

slow at accounts不善于算账

slow at arithmetic不擅长算术

slow at figures不善于计算

slow at sb's work工作缓慢

slow in在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕

slow in action行动缓慢

slow in learning Engpsh学英语很迟钝

slow in making up one's mind迟迟拿不定主意

slow in reacting反应迟钝

slow in understanding理解力迟钝

slow of在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕

slow of hearing听觉不灵

slow of learning学得慢

slow of speech不善辞令

用作副词 (adv.)动词+～

drive slow驾车慢行

play slow弹奏得慢

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

slow the car放慢车速

slow the horse放慢马速

～+副词

slow down〔up〕降低速度

slow down〔up〕 a motorcar放慢汽车速度

adj.(形容词)

slow的基本意思是“慢的”,主要指“速度慢”; 指时间时,表示比正确时间晚; 指人时,表示智力差、反应迟钝,学习上进步不快; 指商业时,表示营业呆滞; slow也可作“不乐意,不起劲”解,还可作“表面能降低运动速度的”解。

slow可作定语或表语,用作表语时其后可接动词不定式、介词短语或that从句; slow也可以用作宾语补足语。

slow前可用rather, too等来修饰。

adv.(副词)

slow用作副词时,常用来修饰动词。

v.(动词)

slow用作形容词或副词的意思是“慢”,用作动词时意思是“(使)变慢”,指由于外界原因使汽车等速度变慢。引申可指逐渐地掌握一门技术。

slow既可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词,可接名词或代词作宾语。

slow可接副词up〔down〕表示“(使)慢下来”。

adv.(副词)请慢慢说。

误 Please slow speak.

正 Please speak slow.

析 slow与go, drive, speak, read, walk, run等动词连用时,一般放在这些词之后。

v.(动词)这本书很乏味。

误 This book is fairly slow.

正 This book is rather slow.

析 slow一般用rather或too等修饰,而不用fairly, much等修饰。

用作形容词(adj.)

Creeping is a slow method of progression.爬是一种很慢的行进法。

The slow computer bogged us down.速度慢的计算机阻碍了我们。

用作副词(adv.)

Business is going slow these days.这些日子，商业活动慢慢减少。

My watch is five minutes slow.我的表慢五分钟。

用作动词(v.)

You have to slow down your car at the crossing.在十字路口, 你得放慢速度。

Slow up while the car is over the bridge.汽车过桥时要放慢速度。

Why Google toolbar slow down my browser?为何谷歌快捷方式列会让我的浏览器慢的像乌龟?

One wants to slow but time does not await him.人欲缓而时不待。

用作形容词(adj.)用作定语～+ n.

He caught the slow train to Birmingham.
他赶上去伯明翰的慢车。

This is the slow lane of a motorway.
这是高速公路的慢车道。

It was a slow poison.
那是种慢慢发作的毒药。

He is a slow runner.
他跑得慢。

Parts of the film were shown again in slow motion.
电影有的部分用慢动作重映一遍。

用作表语S+be+～

Why are you so slow?Hurry up!
你为什么这么慢?快一点!

That clock is five minutes slow.
那钟慢了五分钟。

The station clocks are two minutes slow.
火车站的钟慢两分钟。

Beijing is several hours slow on Tokyo.
北京的时间比东京的时间晚几小时。

These articles were particularly slow.
这些商品特别滞销。

The party was rather slow at first but it soon picked up with her arrival.
起初交谊会很不活跃,但随着她的到来,气氛很快就活跃起来了。

We thought the party was rather slow.
我们觉得那舞会不甚精彩。

That game is a bit slow for my taste.
对于我来说那项运动很没趣。

Business is slow just now.
目前生意清淡。

I'm sorry I'm so slow today,I didn't get much sleep last night.
对不起,我今天反应太迟钝,我昨天晚上没睡多少觉。

S+be+～+ prep .-phrase

They were very slow about paying me.
他们给我付款拖拖拉拉。

She is slow to wrath.
她轻易不动怒。

You are painfully slow with your figures.
你计算得实在太慢了。

S+be+～+to- v

He was slow to answer, depberating on each question.
他仔细斟酌每一个问题,不急于回答。

She's not slow to tell us what she thinks.
她总是毫不犹豫地把她的想法告诉我们。

He's slow to take a stand.
他不轻易表明立场。

Don't worry if your child was slow to learn to walk.
如果你的孩子学步慢请不要担心。

He is not slow to defend himself.
他总是为自己开脱。

The pubpc has been rather slow to recognize the imppcations of the new law.
公众对这一新法律的含义的认识十分迟缓。

Those who are quick to promise are generally slow to perform.
〈谚〉轻诺寡信。

S+be+～+that-clause

He was so slow that many thought him mentally retarded.
他迟钝得很,许多人以为他智力低下。

用作宾语补足语S+V+O+～

Heavy traffic made our journey very slow.
繁忙的交通使我们的旅行十分费时。

Long grass makes the field slower.
场地上草很长会影响球的速度。

用作副词(adv.)用作状语

Drive slow!
驾车慢行!

News travels slow to a backward region.
消息传到落后地区很慢。

How slow the time passes!
时间过得多么慢啊!

How slow would you pke me to play?
你要我弹奏得多慢?

用作动词(v.)用作不及物动词S+～(+A)

The river slows on the flat bottom.
河水在平坦的河床上减慢了流速。

The train slowed as it went around the curve.
火车驶过弯道时放慢了速度。

用作及物动词S+～+ n./pron.

His illness slowed him at school.
他的病耽误了他的学业。

The thick snow slowed her progress.
厚厚的积雪使她前进速度放慢。

The train slowed its speed as it went around the curve.
火车拐弯时速度慢了下来。

He slowed the horse to a walk.
他放慢马速,使之缓步而行。

They slowed their speed to 40 kilometres an hour.
他们降低车速至每小时40公里。

He slowed acquisition of the knowledge of radio by self-study.
他通过自学逐渐掌握了无线电知识。

用作形容词 (adj.)～+名词

slow afternoon沉闷的下午

slow child反应慢的孩子

slow erosion缓慢的侵蚀

slow journey缓慢旅行

slow learner迟钝的学习者

slow march缓步行进

slow music慢节拍的音乐

slow poison慢性毒药

slow progress缓慢的进展

slow pupils迟钝的学生

slow reason淡季

slow recovery缓慢的恢复

slow runner跑得慢的人

slow town落后的城镇

slow train慢车

slow vehicle行驶缓慢的车

slow walk缓步行走

slow walker走得慢的人

名词+～

3 minutes slow(表等)慢三分钟

～+动词不定式

slow to anger不轻易发怒

～+介词

slow at在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕

slow at accounts不善于算账

slow at arithmetic不擅长算术

slow at figures不善于计算

slow at sb's work工作缓慢

slow in在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕

slow in action行动缓慢

slow in learning Engpsh学英语很迟钝

slow in making up one's mind迟迟拿不定主意

slow in reacting反应迟钝

slow in understanding理解力迟钝

slow of在…方面缓慢的〔迟钝的〕

slow of hearing听觉不灵

slow of learning学得慢

slow of speech不善辞令

用作副词 (adv.)动词+～

drive slow驾车慢行

play slow弹奏得慢

用作动词 (v.)～+名词

slow the car放慢车速

slow the horse放慢马速

～+副词

slow down〔up〕降低速度

slow down〔up〕 a motorcar放慢汽车速度

【近义词】

adj.
• backward
• behind
• crass
• delayed
• deliberate
• dense
• dull
• dumb
• gradual
• laggard
• late
• lazy
• leisurely
• stupid
• unhurried
adv.
• slowly

【反义词】

adj.
• active
• fast
• quick
• rapid
• swift