slow down

减速； 放慢速度

Slow down! I'm throwing up!(开慢点儿！我要吐了！)

How can we slow down time?(我们怎样才能让时间慢下来？)

It is important to slow down, rest, and eat healthily.(放慢节奏、适当休息和健康饮食是很重要的。)

Those speed bumps that force you to slow down.(那些减速带迫使你减速。)

It began suddenly to slow down, presumably in obedience to a signal.(它突然开始减速，大概是为了遵从一个信号。)

Detaining and ticketing such drivers is not the purpose of the roadblock and would unduly slow down the stops of other cars.(拘留和对这类司机开罚单不是设置路障的目的，而且会使其他车辆过度减速。)

"People are generally being given bad advice to slow down, take it easy, stop worrying, and retire to Florida," he says.(“一般来说，人们总是得到慢下来，放松，停止担忧，然后退休去佛罗里达这类坏建议。”他说。)

We can slow down a little.(我们可以把速度放慢点儿。)

It makes him slow down.(这使他的动作慢下来。)

Slow down or you'll get a ticket.(开慢点儿，否则你会接到一张罚款通知单。)

verb

1. become less tense, rest, or take one's ease

e.g. He relaxed in the hot tub
Let's all relax after a hard day's work

Synonym: relaxloosen upunbendunwinddecompress

2. reduce the speed of

e.g. He slowed down the car

Synonym: decelerate

3. lose velocity
move more slowly

e.g. The car decelerated

Synonym: decelerateslowslow upretard

4. become slow or slower

e.g. Production slowed

Synonym: slowslow upslackslacken

5. cause to proceed more slowly

e.g. The illness slowed him down

Synonym: slowslow up

1. (使)放慢;(使)减速
If something slows down or is if something slows it down, it starts to move or happen more slowly.

e.g. The car slowed down as they passed Customs...
过海关的时候，车速慢了下来。
e.g. There is no cure for the disease, although drugs can slow down its rate of development...
尽管药物可以减缓病情的发展，但是这种病仍然是不治之症。

2. (使)身心松弛;(使)放松
If someone slows down or if something slows them down, they become less active.

e.g. You will need to slow down for a while...
你需要放松一段时间。
e.g. He was still taking some medication which slowed him down.
他仍然在服用能够让他放松下来的药物。

3. see also: slowdown