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sluggishly

/sluhg-ish/US // ˈslʌg ɪʃ //UK // (ˈslʌɡɪʃ) //

缓缓地,迟缓地,缓缓的,缓慢地

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : indisposed to action or exertion; lacking in energy; lazy; indolent: a sluggish disposition.
    • : not acting or working with full vigor, as bodily organs: a sluggish liver.
    • : slow to act or respond: a sluggish car engine.
    • : moving slowly, or having little motion, as a stream.
    • : slow, as motion.
    • : slack, as trade, business, or sales.

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Examples

  • Tweet us a question or commentAfter a surprisingly sluggish weekend for polling, the floodgates have opened, with a mix of high-quality polls, low-quality polls and pretty much everything in between.

  • Mail-in voting has been relatively sluggish in West Virginia so far, but in-person turnout appeared strong throughout the day in the Mountain State’s population hubs.

  • Wood believes Polkadot is a superior alternative to Ethereum that avoids the latter’s sluggish processing times, while offering an easy way to connect to other blockchains.

  • This scarcity of food tends to make organisms evolve small, efficient forms, making many low-living sharks relatively sluggish and slight.

  • Given the sluggish pace of phone sales over the past few years, the arrival of a next-generation iPhone has been expected to trigger a robust upgrade cycle.

  • Firstly, the economy, which continues to recover sluggishly.

  • The very stream that went through it flowed sluggishly along, and as if it hadn't any particular object in life.

  • The canoe rose a little and rolled over sluggishly, two-thirds full of water.

  • The charge had passed through his chest, and the blood was trickling forth sluggishly.

  • The yacht hung upon the waves sluggishly, so close in upon the reefs that the spray, dashing over, wetted the boys aboard.

  • They were turning out from the public-house below when at last I rose sluggishly and began to prepare for bed.