sluggishness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The property of being sluggish, unable or unwilling to act quickly. uncountable,usually
  2. The state of economic decline, inactivity, slow or subnormal growth. uncountable,usually
    — And we see such interdependence even more clearly in their economic performance: China’s annual GDP growth rate, for example, will slow by two percentage points this year, owing to sluggishness in the United States and the EU.

词形变化

sluggishnesses plural

词汇关系

反义词
nimbleness

词源

Etymology tree
English sluggish
Proto-Germanic *-inōną
Proto-Indo-European *-dyé-
Proto-Germanic *-atjaną
Proto-Indo-European *-tus
Proto-Germanic *-þuz
Proto-Germanic *-assuz
Proto-Germanic *-inassuz
Proto-West Germanic *-nassī
Old English -nes
Middle English -nesse
English -ness
English sluggishness
From sluggish + -ness.
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