柯林斯詞典decelerate /di??s?l??re?t/ (decelerating,decelerated,decelerates) 1. V-I When a vehicle or machine decelerates or when someone in a vehicle decelerates, the speed of the vehicle or machine is reduced. 減速 ...the sensation of the train decelerating. ... 火車減速的感覺。2. decelerationN-UNCOUNT The harder the brake pedal is pressed, the greater the car's deceleration. 剎車板踩得越緊,汽車減速越快。3. V-I When the rate of something such as inflation or economic growth decelerates, it slows down. 減緩 Inflation has decelerated remarkably over the past two years. 過去兩年里通貨膨脹已經(jīng)顯著地減緩了。4. decelerationN-UNCOUNT ...a significant deceleration in the annual rate of growth. ...年增長率顯著減緩。 返回 decelerate劍橋詞典to reduce the speed that a vehicle is travelling at (使)降低速度;(使)減速 The car decelerated at the sight of the police car . 那輛汽車一見警車就慢了下來。 to happen or make something happen more slowly (使)減緩發(fā)生 比較accelerate 返回 decelerate