tortoise 英['tɔːtəs] 美['tɔːrtəs]
n. 乌龟;行动迟缓的人（或物）
名词复数:tortoises
[例句]Perhaps you should buy a tortoise next time.
或许，下次你应该买一只乌龟。
2.Licences to develop oil fields are being awarded at tortoise speed.
现在开发油田的许可证以龟速核发颁授。
3.Madagascar's poachers, known in conservation circles as "the tortoise mafia",are increasingly hunting down the indian ocean island's reptiles, threateningthem with extinction.
马达加斯加的偷猎者被自然保护人士叫做“陆龟黑手党”，他们正日益猖獗地捕猎这个印度洋岛国上的珍稀爬行动物，使它们濒临灭绝。
4.An erring tortoise would need sterner treatment.
出轨的乌龟要受到更严酷的对待。
5.From this way-behind position, buffett was quoted in fortune as saying, "I justhope that aesop was right when he envisioned the tortoise overtaking thehare."
巴菲特当时的位置远远落在后面，他在接受《财富》（Fortune）杂志采访时称：“我只希望伊索的预言没错，乌龟最终将战胜野兔。”
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