slack

[英] [slæk] [美] [slæk] 生词本

adj.

v.

n.

  • 易混淆的单词:Slack  
  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

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  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. ADJ-GRADED 松弛的;没拉紧的 Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position. 
  • The boy's jaw went slack.

    男孩张大了嘴巴。

2. ADJ-GRADED 萧条的;清淡的;不景气的 A slack period is one in which there is not much work or activity. 
  • The workload can be evened out, instead of the shop having busy times and slack periods.

    商其工作量可以平均开来,不像商店那样有时很忙,有时很闲。

3. ADJ-GRADED 松懈的;懈怠的 Someone who is slack in their work does not do it properly. 
  • Many publishers have simply become far too slack.

    许多出版商就是变得过于懈怠了。

slackness
  • He accused the government of slackness and complacency.

    他谴责政府的懈怠和自满。

4. VERB 疏忽;懈怠;松劲 If someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should. 
  • He had never let a foreman see him slacking.

    他从未在哪个工头面前表现出丝毫懈怠。

  • Slack off means the same as slack .slack off 同 slack
    • If someone slacks off, Bill comes down hard.

      如果有人怠工,比尔就会严厉地加以斥责。

5. PHRASE 接手他人不再做的工作;补位提供 To take up the slack or pick up the slack means to do or provide something that another person or organization is no longer doing or providing. 
  • As major airlines give up less-traveled routes, smaller planes are picking up the slack.

    由于大型航空公司放弃了乘客较少的路线,一些较小的飞机正在加紧补位。

相关词组:
slack off 
Noun

1. dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve

2. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;

  • "the team went into a slump"
  • "a gradual slack in output"
  • "a drop-off in attendance"
  • "a falloff in quality"

3. a stretch of water without current or movement;

  • "suddenly they were in slack water"

4. the condition of being loose (not taut);

  • "he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"

5. a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely;

  • "he took up the slack"
Verb

1. avoid responsibilities and work, be idle

2. be inattentive to, or neglect;

  • "He slacks his attention"

3. release tension on;

  • "slack the rope"

4. make less active or fast;

  • "He slackened his pace as he got tired"
  • "Don't relax your efforts now"

5. become slow or slower;

  • "Production slowed"

6. make less active or intense

7. become less in amount or intensity;

  • "The storm abated"
  • "The rain let up after a few hours"

8. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water;

  • "slack lime"
Adjective

1. not tense or taut;

  • "the old man's skin hung loose and gray"
  • "slack and wrinkled skin"
  • "slack sails"
  • "a slack rope"

2. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;

  • "flaccid muscles"
  • "took his lax hand in hers"
  • "gave a limp handshake"
  • "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton
  • "a slack grip"

3. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide;

  • "slack water"

4. lacking in rigor or strictness;

  • "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"
  • "lax in attending classes"
  • "slack in maintaining discipline"
  • synonym: lax

体育

  • 1.减速
  • 2.松懈
  • 3.松弛

法律

  • 1.怠工

计算机

  • 1.【修】松弛
1. As business was slack she packed up early.
由于生意萧条她早早打烊了。

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2. Ask them to be more careful. Don't let them get slack.
你要他们仔细点,不要马马虎虎。

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3. Discipline in Mr.Brown's class becomes very slack.
在布朗先生的班上纪律很松。

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4. Don't get slack at your work.
不要对你的工作懈怠。

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5. Don't slack off in your studies.
学习上不可懈怠。

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6. Don't slack up your effort, as we are getting to the end.
快到完成的时候了,别松劲啊。

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7. Freight-car loadings continue to slack off.
火车货运的运输量继续减少。

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8. He is always slack in doing his homework.
他做作业总是马马虎虎。

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9. He pulled in the slack of the rope.
他收紧松垂的绳索。

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10. He tightened a few slack screws.
他把几个松动的螺钉拧紧了。

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11. It's natural to slack off towards the end of a hard day's work.
辛苦工作了一天,快结束时有所松懈是很自然的。

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12. Living alone, he became slack about his appearance.
由于单独过活,他对自己的外表越来越不在意了。

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13. Please slack up your speed.I can't run as fast as you!
请你跑慢点!我跑得没你快。

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14. She was shocked at the slack discipline in the school.
对于学校松弛的纪律她感到震惊。

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15. Slack off those ropes there; there's a storm coming!
把那里的绳索放松,暴风雨就要来了!

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16. Slack the rope before trying to untie the knot.
解结之前先将绳索放松。

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17. Slack up the tent ropes before it rains.
在下雨之前把帐篷的绳子放松。

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18. Some are hard at work and some are slack in work.
有的勤奋工作,有的则消极怠工。

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19. The doctor advised Facer to slack up for few days, as his lifestyle was having a bad effect on his heart.
医生劝告费塞放松几天,因为他的生活方式对他的心脏产生了不良影响。

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20. The rope is too slack.
绳子太松了。

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