单词 | slow lane |
释义 | Word Frequency slow lane(sləʊ leɪn) noun 1. the lane for vehicles which are moving more slowly than the other vehicles, so that faster vehicles can overtake: in countries where vehicles drive on the left-hand side of the road, this is the (far) left lane; in countries where vehicles drive on the right-hand side of the road, this is the (far) right lane The Mercedes pulled into the slow lane a hundred yards ahead of her. We crawled along in the slow lane. The Volvo veered from the fast lane to the slow lane. 2. a situation in which somebody/something is not progressing as fast as other people, countries etc in a particular area of activity If they are wrong, both of them will end up in the corporate slow lane. Many people are comfortable with life in the slow lane. The economy is stuck in the slow lane. |
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