| 单词 | slowness |
| 释义 | slowness (once / 2821 pages) n WORD FAMILY slow: slowed, slower, slowest, slowing, slowly, slowness, slows+/slower: slowers/slowest: slowests USAGE EXAMPLESThe vote was nonbinding, but it was a sharp protest vote, reflecting impatience with corruption and the slowness of overhauls in Ukraine. New York Times(Dec 15, 2016) The country’s judiciary is reviled by many citizens for its gargantuan bureaucracy, slowness in delivering verdicts and outsize salaries for judges. New York Times(Dec 06, 2016) Father Amadi rolled his eyes, speaking with a painstaking slowness, and although Amaka laughed, she did not take the paper. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Purple Hibiscus(2003) 1n a rate demonstrating an absence of haste or hurry Syn|Hypo|Hyper deliberateness, deliberation, unhurriedness leisureliness slowness by virtue of being leisurely dilatoriness, procrastinationslowness as a consequence of not getting around to it pace, rate the relative speed of progress or change 2n unskillfulness resulting from a lack of training Syn|Hypo|Hyper awkwardness, clumsiness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness rustiness ineptitude or awkwardness as a consequence of age or lack of practice unskillfulness a lack of cognitive skill 3n lack of normal development of intellectual capacities Syn|Hypo|Hyper backwardness, mental retardation, retardation, subnormality abnormality, mental defectiveness retardation sufficient to fall outside the normal range of intelligence mental deficiency, moronitymild mental retardation amentia, idiocyextreme mental retardation imbecilityretardation more severe than a moron but not as severe as an idiot feeblemindednesssevere mental deficiency stupidity a poor ability to understand or to profit from experience |
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