| 词组 | slow but sure |
| 释义 | Idiom slow(ly) but sure(ly) Theme: SLOWLY slowly but with a purpose; slowly and deliberately. (The expression without the -ly is informal. Fixed order.)Slowly but surely, the little train reached the top of the mountain.Progress was slow but sure. Someday we would be finished. slow but sureSlow or incremental but yielding steady, dependable progress. It's going to be slow but sure writing my thesis, as I have to balance my part-time job with my research. A: "Hey, how's the new novel coming along?" B: "It's been slow but sure." slow but sureand slowly but surelyslow but unstoppable. Bob's progress on his novel was slow but sure. Nancy is finishing the paint job on her house, slowly but surely. slow but sureGradual or plodding but certain to finish, as in Slow but sure this book's getting written. This idiom was first recorded in 1562, although the idea is much older. A related phrase appears in the proverb slow and steady wins the race, which is the moral of Aesop's fable about the race between a tortoise and a hare, which stopped to nap during the race and therefore lost. slow but (or and) surenot quick but achieving the required result eventually. proverbslow but surePlodding but reliable. This proverbial term dates from the early seventeenth century, and the idea is as old as Aesop’s fable about the tortoise and the hare. “This snail’s slow but sure,” wrote John Marston in his 1606 play The Fawn (3:1). |
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