The number of arrivals has slowed as the government has shifted its focus to accommodating those displaced by instability elsewhere,such as Iraq.

VOA: standard.2009.12.17

The rate of harmonic change has slowed down considerably here.

泛音的变化速度减得相当慢。

耶鲁公开课 - 聆听音乐课程节选

And I have purposely made the arrow shorter to indicate that it has been slowed because we are going to argue its mass didn't change, so the only way to change its energy is to change its velocity.

我已经故意将这个箭头弄短,用来象征它变慢了,因为我们将证明它的质量没有变，只有它的能量改变了,也就是它的速度变了。

麻省理工公开课 - 固态化学导论课程节选

"The current state of the economy has slowed things down a little bit here recently.

VOA: standard.2010.04.20

has slowed slightly. Analyst say it's due in part to the economic downturn, tougher border enforcement and an increase in workplace raids by police looking for illegals.

VOA: standard.2010.04.12

"The market is basically focusing on the fact that the economy has slowed."

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

While the unemployment rate is rising, the pace of layoffs has slowed from early this year, when nearly three-quarters of a million jobs were lost in January.

VOA: standard.2009.11.06

Polls show public support for Mr.Obama's push for health-care reform has weakened in recent weeks, and the constant drumbeat of criticism at the town hall meetings has fed the perception that the political momentum for reform has slowed.

VOA: standard.2009.08.12