慢性子意思是指做事遲緩的人，慢性子的人。這種性情在英語中稱為slowcoach，我們先看一下字典中的解釋：

Slowcoach

Collins：a person who moves, acts, or works slowly

Webster：one who is slow or is lethargic in temperament : one who thinks or moves slowly

您看到了嗎，slowcoach的意思就是“慢性子的人”。例句：

1. "Come on, slowcoach," said Frank, pushing up the pace still more. “快點，你個慢性子，”法蘭克說，一邊加快了步伐

2. He does anything at at a snail's pace.He is really a slowcoach. 他做什麼事情都慢吞吞地。真是個名副其實的慢性子。

請注意，slowcoach是英國英語，美國一般說成slowpoke（美國人極少用slowcoach）。

Slowpoke

Collins：If you call someone a slowpoke, you are criticizing the fact that they do something slowly.

Webster： a very slow person

兩個詞的用法相同，故不再加入例句。

如果“慢性子”的英語是“slowcoach”，那“急性子”的英語是不是“quickcoach”或“fastcoach”？答案是否定的，不是每個英語單詞都有對應的反義詞。那“急性子”的英語又怎麼說呢？這裡為您介紹兩個詞。

1） Hothead

Collins：If you refer to someone as a hothead, you are criticizing them for acting too quickly, without thinking of the consequences.

例句：

1. One given to anger stirs up strife, and the hothead causes much transgression. 好氣的人挑起争端；暴怒的人多多犯罪。

2. He also held grudges, was a hothead, and needed to learn the lessons of both respect and compassion. 他也有很多抱怨，同時還容易沖動，他需要學習尊重以及憐憫。

除了“hothead”這個名詞外，在向您介紹一個形容詞“impetuous”

Collins：If you describe someone as impetuous, you mean that they are likely to act quickly and suddenly without thinking or being careful.

例句：

1. James Purnell An impetuous young minister. 詹姆斯·珀内爾，一位年輕浮躁的大臣。

2. He was young and impetuous. 他年輕，容易沖動。

英語中并非每個單詞都有相對應的反義詞，我們在平日的學習中要放棄“想當然”的思維方式，多查字典，多找例句。

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