Desert plants, however, tend to be slow growing-guayule takes two years to mature.

然而，沙漠植物往往生长缓慢——银胶菊要两年才能成熟。

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What's more, the already at-risk sharks are extremely slow growing and reproduce rarely.

更为糟糕的是，身处危险中的鲨鱼生长非常缓慢，而且繁殖力低下。

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The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction.

这种生长缓慢的大型动物很容易被猎杀，并很快被猎杀殆尽。

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Professor Kaufman says it could take the slow-growing coral as long as one hundred years to recover.

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He says the damselfish are now killing off parts of slow-growing coral.

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The two Asian giants are reluctant,however, of being put into any binding position that could slow their rapidly growing economies.

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Intel dominates those huge markets but they are slow growing even in good times.

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Around 30% of cancers detected in the trial were slow growing, and did not require urgent treatment.

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Although many cases are aggressive, in some others the cancer is slow growing, and may never cause clinical illness.

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