slow off the mark

1 informalUNDERSTAND to be quick, slow, first etc to understand things or react to situations 反应快/反应慢/第一个作出反应等

You’ll have to be quick off the mark if you want to find a job around here.

如果你想在这儿找到工作，动作就得快。

Examples from the Corpus

be quick/slow/first etc off the mark• Salad crops, however, are quick off the mark.• This time, they were slow off the mark.

→ be quick/slow/first etc off the mark at mark2(11)

2 not quick enough at reacting to something 反应迟钝

Examples from the Corpus

slow off the mark• Diesels are condemned by some for being too slow off the mark.• This time, they were slow off the mark.

→ slow off the mark at slow1(2)

词汇	slow off the mark
释义	slow off the mark slow off the mark 1 informalUNDERSTAND to be quick, slow, first etc to understand things or react to situations 反应快/反应慢/第一个作出反应等 You’ll have to be quick off the mark if you want to find a job around here. 如果你想在这儿找到工作，动作就得快。 Examples from the Corpus be quick/slow/first etc off the mark• Salad crops, however, are quick off the mark.• This time, they were slow off the mark. → be quick/slow/first etc off the mark at mark2(11) 2 not quick enough at reacting to something 反应迟钝 Examples from the Corpus slow off the mark• Diesels are condemned by some for being too slow off the mark.• This time, they were slow off the mark. → slow off the mark at slow1(2)
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