slowdown

英 [ˈsləʊdaʊn]

美 [ˈsloʊdaʊn]

n.  减速; 减缓

复数：slowdowns　

Collins.1 / BNC.23707 / COCA.10257

牛津词典

noun

• 减速；减缓
  a reduction in speed or activity
• 减速；减缓
  a reduction in speed or activity

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 放慢;放缓
  Aslowdownis a reduction in speed or activity.
  1. There has been a sharp slowdown in economic growth.
     经济增长的速度明显放慢。
• N-COUNT 怠工
  Aslowdownis a protest in which workers deliberately work slowly and cause problems for their employers.
  1. 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

英英释义

noun

• the act of slowing down or falling behind
  Synonym:lagretardation

双语例句

• Soaring fuel prices and a global slowdown limit Mr Ma's room for manoeuvre.
  高涨的油价和全球经济放缓限制了马英九先生的操作空间。
• But this autumn, we find ourselves in a serious global economic slowdown.
  全球经济在这个秋天陷入了严重放缓的困境。
• Spending by small firms and online businesses has stalled, leading to the slowdown in Facebook's growth.
  而同时，小型企业和线上业务的开支却停滞不前，放缓了Facebook的增长势头。
• A slowdown in the economy caused us to incur great losses.
  经济的减缓使我们遭受了很大的损失。
• We believe the economic slowdown reached its lowest point in the last quarter of2001.
  我们相信经济下滑已经在2001年最后一个季度达到了最低点。
• In many cities, only parts of the market have been affected by the slowdown.
  在中国的许多城市，房地产市场只是部分受到了经济放缓的影响。
• A slowdown in productivity growth suggests that they may have reached a limit.
  劳动生产率增长放缓表明，各家企业可能已达到了产能的极限。
• 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。
• One trigger for this could be a sharp economic slowdown.
  这一旦触发就可能产生一次经济急剧放缓。
• Yet there is now evidence of a slowdown.
  但现在出现了放缓迹象。