sluggish是什么意思,sluggish怎么用
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sluggish
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📰 外刊例句
Many places, including America, rely on sluggish postal services and tax agencies to distribute cash. 包括美国在内的许多地方都依赖缓慢的邮政服务和税务机构来分发现金。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[adjective] slow-moving or inactive
[形容词] 缓慢移动或不活动的
💡 深入解读
Sluggish 是一个在好书推荐 | 一本“超炸”的外刊单词精研小书一文中提到过的一个单词。该词源自中古英语slugge(懒人)+形容词后缀 -ish 构造而来,相应用来形容人、动物等“不好动的、懒怠的”,主要指不愿活动或努力的,常意味着缺乏活力或警觉性,
比如:
A heavy breakfast makes me sluggish in the morning.丰盛的早餐使我一上午都懒得动弹。
Many freshwater fishes become sluggish in winter.许多种淡水鱼到了冬天就变得不爱动了。
从这个概念出发, sluggish 常用来引申泛指河流、脉搏、经济、销售等“缓慢的、疲软的、没有活力的、呆滞的”,即移动、反应、运行速度等比正常情况或所期望的情况要慢得多,比如:迟钝的头脑
a sluggish mind
萧条的经济
a sluggish economy
缓缓移动的车流
sluggish traffic
进而也可以用来表示“功能不佳的、性能不好的”,比如:功能差的肝脏
a sluggish liver
性能不佳的汽车启动器
a sluggish starter
The world has entered a new period of turbulence and change. The momentum of world economic growth is sluggish. Destabilizing, uncertain and unpredictable factors are increasing.权威用例世界进入新的动荡变革期,世界经济增长动能不足,不稳定、不确定、难预料因素增多。
出自2023年习主席在亚太经合组织工商领导人峰会上的书面演讲(双语全文)
languid: (of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort lethargic: affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic torpid: mentally or physically inactive; lethargic同近义词
🔍 同近义词
- languid: (of a person, manner, or gesture) having or showing a disinclination for physical exertion or effort
- lethargic: affected by lethargy; sluggish and apathetic
- torpid: mentally or physically inactive; lethargic

