sluggish

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slug·gish /ˈslʌɡɪʃ/ adjectiveadj

SLOWmoving or reacting more slowly than normal 行动缓慢的；反应迟缓的

Alex woke late, feeling tired and sluggish.

亚历克斯醒得很晚，感到很倦怠。

Economic recovery has so far been sluggish.

经济复苏的速度目前仍然缓慢。

► see thesaurus at slow

—sluggishly adverbadv

—sluggishness noun [uncountableU]

Examples from the Corpus

sluggish• If you don't eat breakfast, you'll feel tired and sluggish.• The hard drive was the culprit, which was agonizingly sluggish.• The Roman response was at first somewhat sluggish.• The car had been sluggish all morning.• The children were tired and sluggish and didn't seem interested in any of the games.• The car felt sluggish as we drove up the hill.• But my computer was still sluggish during the backup process.• Concern about other computer companies' profits made for a summer of sluggish gains.• Sales were sluggish in the first half of the year.• As such, they are less sluggish than the average band.• A large depression in the ground with a watercourse in which a certain amount of sluggish water stands.

From Longman Business Dictionary

sluggishslug·gish /ˈslʌgɪʃ/ adjectiveadj

happening or reacting more slowly than usual

Trading activity has been sluggish all week.

sluggish consumer demand

—sluggishly adverbadv

Economists predict that taxable income will grow only sluggishly.

—sluggishness noun [uncountableU]

the sluggishness in the European market

slug·gish adjectiveadj

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