The Fed said it still expected a slow economic expansion, and it still expected to continue a slow march toward higher rates.

美联储表示，它预计经济还会缓慢增长，利率会继续缓慢提升。

Progress on the ground has been slow in spite of more than 5, 000 airstrikes by NATO war planes since the end of March.

尽管自三月末以来北约战斗机共发动了5,000多次空袭，现场的进展仍然非常缓慢。

"It may be", said Dr Margaret Chan at a global meeting in March, "that containment efforts would only slow the spread of a pandemic."

“也许控制努力将只能减慢疾病大流行的传播，”陈冯富珍博士在3月的一次全球会议上说。

For many, halfway through their fifth decade is a 'golden age' when they try to slow the march of time by cutting out as many health risks as possible.

但这并不意味着人们在45岁时都会放弃保持好身材的渴望。对于很多人来说45岁是一个黄金年龄，他们会尽可能地减少许多健康风险，试图减缓时间前进的步伐。

Part of China's export slow-down is attributed to the slow-down of Japan in the aftermath of the March 11 tsunami that eventually will be over as the country rebuilds.

中国出口放缓的部分原因是由于日本在3月11日发生强震海啸之后的经济放缓，但这个局面最终将会随着日本的灾后重建而宣告结束。