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decelerate

/dee-sel-uh-reyt/US // diˈsɛl əˌreɪt //UK // (diːˈsɛləˌreɪt) //

减速,减缓,减速器,减低速度

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v.有主动词 verb
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    de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing.

    • : to decrease the velocity of: He decelerates the bobsled when he nears a curve.
    • : to slow the rate of increase of: efforts to decelerate inflation.
v.无主动词 verb
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    de·cel·er·at·ed, de·cel·er·at·ing.

    • : to slow down: The plane decelerated just before landing.

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Examples

  • The company expects its consumer revenue growth to decelerate in 2021 and 2022, while its media and brand extensions revenue growth is expected to pick up or hold steady.

  • Models in general have a hard time forecasting inflection points—peaks, or if things suddenly start accelerating or decelerating.

  • It also takes more energy to accelerate or decelerate a heavier tire.

  • But by the early 1980s, Gallant's fast-paced life began to decelerate.

  • Arcot accelerated toward the planet for two hours, then began to decelerate.

  • If anything of the right size shows up, decelerate until we can get mass and albedo measurements.

  • Every so often comes the impression we are falling head-first; the colonel using ship's drive to decelerate the whole system.

  • Its motor is designed to decelerate that mass by 1,075 mph in order to allow it to assume a descending orbit.

  • They went in fast, using her gravity to help them curve into a forced orbit as they strained to decelerate.

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