an inert mass of soil); applied to persons, it implies lethargy or sluggishness,especially of mind or spirit:
一片无活性的土壤)； 用于人，意味着无生气或懒惰的，尤指在心态或精神上：
The sluggishness of the economy is a cause for concern.
经济的迟缓引起了担忧。
I can't seem to shake off this feeling of sluggishness.
我似乎无法摆脱这种迟钝的感觉。
His sluggishness in completing the project led to delays.
他完成项目的迟缓导致了延误。
A lack of exercise can contribute to feelings of sluggishness.
缺乏运动会导致迟钝感。
The medication may cause drowsiness and sluggishness.
这种药物可能会导致嗜睡和迟钝。
The heat wave resulted in a general feeling of sluggishness among the population.
热浪导致了人群普遍的迟钝感。
The team's sluggishness in the first half cost them the game.
球队上半场的迟缓使他们输掉了比赛。
She tried to overcome her sluggishness by drinking coffee.
她试图通过喝咖啡来克服她的迟钝。
The illness left him with a lingering sense of sluggishness.
疾病让他留下了持续的迟钝感。
The company's sluggishness in adapting to new technology is hindering its growth.
公司在适应新技术方面的迟缓正在阻碍其增长。
The fact that he had never changed suggested a sluggishness of habit which seemed to me characteristic.
这么多年，他连晚上消闲的地方也没有更换，这说明他习性不易改变，据我看来，这也正是他的一种个性。
来源: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)Globalisation has given way to a new era of sluggishness.
全球化俨然已经让位给一个萧条的新时代。
来源: The Economist (Summary)Yet every chapter in its progress was slow, bound on either side by centuries of sluggishness.
然而，这一进程的每一章都是缓慢的，两边都被几个世纪的迟缓发展所束缚。
来源: The Economist (Summary)It's nothing but mere idleness, sluggishness, want of thinking.
只不过是懒惰、懒惰、缺乏思考。
来源: The Virgin Land (Part 2)Hepzibah gazed forth from her habitual sluggishness, the necessary result of long solitude, as from another sphere.
Hepzibah 从她习惯性的懒散中凝视着， 这是长期孤独的必然结果， 就像从另一个领域一样。
来源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)Google's earlier efforts in this area were derailed in part by hospitals' sluggishness in digitising their patient information.
谷歌早期在这一领域的努力因医院在将患者信息数字化方面进展缓慢而部分失败。
来源: Economist BusinessLe Chiffre desisted only when Bond's tortured spasms showed a trace of sluggishness.
直到邦德饱受折磨的痉挛表现出一丝呆滞时， 勒奇弗尔才停止。
来源: Casino Royale of the 007 seriesThat, combined with sluggishness from overeating (and drinking, if that's your style) can put a real drag on a person's wellbeing.
再加上暴饮暴食（和饮酒，如果这是你的风格）导致的呆滞， 会真正拖累一个人的健康。
来源: Selected English short passagesThis sluggishness on Colonel Pyncheon's part became still more unaccountable, when the second dignitary of the province made his appearance, and found no more ceremonious a reception.
当该省的第二位政要出现时， 品钦上校的这种迟钝变得更加无法解释， 并发现不再有隆重的接待。
来源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)In the face of weakening external demand and sluggishness in the global economy, China needs to fully tap the potential of its domestic consumption to shore up its economic growth this year, he added.
他指出，面对外部需求疲软和全球经济低迷的现实，中国需要充分挖掘国内消费潜力来支撑今年的经济增长。
来源: China Daily Latest Collectionan inert mass of soil); applied to persons, it implies lethargy or sluggishness,especially of mind or spirit:
一片无活性的土壤)； 用于人，意味着无生气或懒惰的，尤指在心态或精神上：
The sluggishness of the economy is a cause for concern.
经济的迟缓引起了担忧。
I can't seem to shake off this feeling of sluggishness.
我似乎无法摆脱这种迟钝的感觉。
His sluggishness in completing the project led to delays.
他完成项目的迟缓导致了延误。
A lack of exercise can contribute to feelings of sluggishness.
缺乏运动会导致迟钝感。
The medication may cause drowsiness and sluggishness.
这种药物可能会导致嗜睡和迟钝。
The heat wave resulted in a general feeling of sluggishness among the population.
热浪导致了人群普遍的迟钝感。
The team's sluggishness in the first half cost them the game.
球队上半场的迟缓使他们输掉了比赛。
She tried to overcome her sluggishness by drinking coffee.
她试图通过喝咖啡来克服她的迟钝。
The illness left him with a lingering sense of sluggishness.
疾病让他留下了持续的迟钝感。
The company's sluggishness in adapting to new technology is hindering its growth.
公司在适应新技术方面的迟缓正在阻碍其增长。
The fact that he had never changed suggested a sluggishness of habit which seemed to me characteristic.
这么多年，他连晚上消闲的地方也没有更换，这说明他习性不易改变，据我看来，这也正是他的一种个性。
来源: The Moon and Sixpence (Condensed Version)Globalisation has given way to a new era of sluggishness.
全球化俨然已经让位给一个萧条的新时代。
来源: The Economist (Summary)Yet every chapter in its progress was slow, bound on either side by centuries of sluggishness.
然而，这一进程的每一章都是缓慢的，两边都被几个世纪的迟缓发展所束缚。
来源: The Economist (Summary)It's nothing but mere idleness, sluggishness, want of thinking.
只不过是懒惰、懒惰、缺乏思考。
来源: The Virgin Land (Part 2)Hepzibah gazed forth from her habitual sluggishness, the necessary result of long solitude, as from another sphere.
Hepzibah 从她习惯性的懒散中凝视着， 这是长期孤独的必然结果， 就像从另一个领域一样。
来源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)Google's earlier efforts in this area were derailed in part by hospitals' sluggishness in digitising their patient information.
谷歌早期在这一领域的努力因医院在将患者信息数字化方面进展缓慢而部分失败。
来源: Economist BusinessLe Chiffre desisted only when Bond's tortured spasms showed a trace of sluggishness.
直到邦德饱受折磨的痉挛表现出一丝呆滞时， 勒奇弗尔才停止。
来源: Casino Royale of the 007 seriesThat, combined with sluggishness from overeating (and drinking, if that's your style) can put a real drag on a person's wellbeing.
再加上暴饮暴食（和饮酒，如果这是你的风格）导致的呆滞， 会真正拖累一个人的健康。
来源: Selected English short passagesThis sluggishness on Colonel Pyncheon's part became still more unaccountable, when the second dignitary of the province made his appearance, and found no more ceremonious a reception.
当该省的第二位政要出现时， 品钦上校的这种迟钝变得更加无法解释， 并发现不再有隆重的接待。
来源: Seven-angled Tower (Part 1)In the face of weakening external demand and sluggishness in the global economy, China needs to fully tap the potential of its domestic consumption to shore up its economic growth this year, he added.
他指出，面对外部需求疲软和全球经济低迷的现实，中国需要充分挖掘国内消费潜力来支撑今年的经济增长。
来源: China Daily Latest Collection探索常用高频词汇