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lax adj.松弛的；松懈的；不严的；[语]松弛元音的 (1) 完成你的职责不要松懈。(2) 人们对这个银行不严格的保安措施感到很吃惊(3) 短元音很弱化和简化了，实际上，发这些音，你根本不用动你的面部。 While contemplating the word lax, you may note that it's the same as the first syllable in laxative. This is not a coincidence: lax entered English as a noun describing a substance taken or administered to relax the bowels. Interestingly, the modern definition of lax is closer to the Latin source word, laxus — an adjective meaning "loose." Now, lax can refer to any phenomenon that is insufficiently stringent or so slack as to be basically ineffectual. For example, "The entire class performed incredibly well on the test, largely due to the sleepy professor's lax supervision."

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英 [læks] 美 [læks] (1) Don't be lax about fulfilling your obligations.(2) People are surprised for the lax security of the bank.(3) A lax vowel is very reduced, in fact, you don't need to move your face at all. Those parents who let their kids eat all their Halloween candy the night of October 31st? Their parenting style might be described as lax. A paperclip chain used as a bike lock? That's an example of lax security. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]松懈的；马虎的；不严格的 If you say that a person's  behaviour or a system is lax, you mean they are not careful or strict about maintaining high standards. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel...问题之一是对机场员工的安检措施马虎松懈。There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax...生还者一直指责安全标准执行不严。I was lax in my duties.我对本职工作马虎松懈。laxityThe laxity of export control authorities has made a significant contribution to the problem.出口控制部门工作懈怠，是造成此问题的重要原因。

英语单词	lax
英美音标	英 [læks] 美 [læks]
中文释义	adj.松弛的；松懈的；不严的；[语]松弛元音的
英语例句	(1) Don't be lax about fulfilling your obligations. (2) People are surprised for the lax security of the bank. (3) A lax vowel is very reduced, in fact, you don't need to move your face at all.
中文例句	(1) 完成你的职责不要松懈。 (2) 人们对这个银行不严格的保安措施感到很吃惊 (3) 短元音很弱化和简化了，实际上，发这些音，你根本不用动你的面部。
vocabulary简明	Those parents who let their kids eat all their Halloween candy the night of October 31st? Their parenting style might be described as lax. A paperclip chain used as a bike lock? That's an example of lax security.
vocabulary扩展	While contemplating the word lax, you may note that it's the same as the first syllable in laxative. This is not a coincidence: lax entered English as a noun describing a substance taken or administered to relax the bowels. Interestingly, the modern definition of lax is closer to the Latin source word, laxus — an adjective meaning "loose." Now, lax can refer to any phenomenon that is insufficiently stringent or so slack as to be basically ineffectual. For example, "The entire class performed incredibly well on the test, largely due to the sleepy professor's lax supervision."
柯林斯解释	1 [ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]松懈的；马虎的；不严格的 If you say that a person's behaviour or a system is lax, you mean they are not careful or strict about maintaining high standards. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel... 问题之一是对机场员工的安检措施马虎松懈。 There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax... 生还者一直指责安全标准执行不严。 I was lax in my duties. 我对本职工作马虎松懈。 laxity The laxity of export control authorities has made a significant contribution to the problem. 出口控制部门工作懈怠，是造成此问题的重要原因。

Lax Security 英 Læks] 美 Læks Adj.松弛的；松懈的；不严的；[语]松弛元音的 Fulfilling Obligations