slow-witted
slow-witted — 形容詞
1. describes a person who has difficulty understanding ideas or situations that mos
遲鈍
頭腦反應慢，不易理解事物
describes a person who has difficulty understanding ideas or situations that most people find easy to grasp, because their mind works more slowly than average.
The slow-witted student raised his hand long after the others had answered the question.
那位反應遲鈍的學生在其他人回答問題很久之後才舉手。
attributive: slow-witted + noun
Liang often felt slow-witted during meetings because his colleagues discussed ideas very quickly.
Liang 在會議中常常覺得自己反應遲鈍，因為同事們討論想法非常迅速。
predicative: feel slow-witted
The cashier was too slow-witted to notice a customer had handed her a fake banknote.
那位年輕的收銀員太過遲鈍，沒注意到顧客遞給她一張假鈔。
Trang was so slow-witted that she did not see her friend waving across the street.
Trang 反應非常遲鈍，完全沒注意到朋友在街對面揮手。
Kwame felt slow-witted when he could not solve a riddle his younger sister solved quickly.
Kwame 因為解不出一道妹妹很快就猜中的謎語，而覺得自己反應遲鈍。
- dull
more common in old-fashioned or written English; broader in meaning
- dim
informal, used especially in British English
- slow
more general; can refer to physical speed or mental processing
- unintelligent
more formal and direct
- sharp
informal; describes someone who notices and understands things quickly
- quick-witted
direct opposite; describes fast mental reaction
- bright
common, covers general intelligence
文法句型
slow-witted + noun
be slow-witted
too slow-witted + to-infinitive
so slow-witted + that-clause
用法筆記
Slow-witted is less common in everyday speech than synonyms like 'dull' or 'stupid'; it is more often found in written descriptions. The word specifically comments on mental processing speed rather than overall character or knowledge.