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slack adj.松弛的；懈怠的；萧条的n.松弛的部分；松散；淡季vt.使缓慢；疏忽vi.变松弛；逃避工作 (1) 如果一根绳子没有拉紧,那它是松的。(2) 对于学校松弛的纪律她感到震惊。(3) 他疏于回信。(4) 夏季紧张的工作过後，我们现在放松了。(5) 在这个季节生意清淡萧条。(6) 二月份是海滨旅馆的淡季。(7) 这条绳子太松了。(8) 水手们拉起绳索把它收紧。(9) 老板从来不让我们有一丝的松懈。(10) 眼下汽车工业不太景气。(11) 司机在驶近十字路口时减慢了速度。(12) 火车货运的运输量继续减少。(13) 不要荒费你的学业。(14) 解结之前你应该先将绳索放松。 If something is loose, it's also said to be slack. A clothesline, for example, is slack if it is just hanging loosely between two trees. If you pull the clothesline tight, you reduce the slack. The root word of slack is the Old English word slæc, which means loose or careless. When you scold your friend for being careless about his responsibilities, you can say, "Pick up the slack!"

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英 [slæk] 美 [slæk] (1) A rope is slack if it hasn't been pulled tight.(2) She was shocked at the slack discipline in the school.(3) He is slack in answering letters.(4) After intense work in the summer, we are slack off now.(5) Business is slack at this season.(6) February is a slack time for hotels by the sea.(7) There is too much slack in the rope.(8) The sailor pull at the rope to take up the slack.(9) Our boss doesn't give us any slack.(10) There's a certain amount of slack in the car industry at the moment.(11) The driver slacked up before reaching the crossroads.(12) Freight-car loadings continue to slack off.(13) Don't slack off in your studies.(14) You should slack the rope before trying to untie the knot. If you slow down at the end of a race, you slack off. When you use slack this way, it means to reduce your speed, to be sluggish, or to be negligent. 1[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]松懈的；懈怠的 Someone who is slack in their work does not do it properly.   [disapproval]Many publishers have simply become far too slack.许多出版商就是变得过于懈怠了。slacknessHe accused the government of slackness and complacency.他谴责政府的懈怠和自满。4[VERB 动词]疏忽；懈怠；松劲 If someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should.   [V]  [V P]  [only cont]  [disapproval]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 slackIf 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 短语]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.   [V inflects]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

英语单词	slack
英美音标	英 [slæk] 美 [slæk]
中文释义	adj.松弛的；懈怠的；萧条的 n.松弛的部分；松散；淡季 vt.使缓慢；疏忽 vi.变松弛；逃避工作
英语例句	(1) A rope is slack if it hasn't been pulled tight. (2) She was shocked at the slack discipline in the school. (3) He is slack in answering letters. (4) After intense work in the summer, we are slack off now. (5) Business is slack at this season. (6) February is a slack time for hotels by the sea. (7) There is too much slack in the rope. (8) The sailor pull at the rope to take up the slack. (9) Our boss doesn't give us any slack. (10) There's a certain amount of slack in the car industry at the moment. (11) The driver slacked up before reaching the crossroads. (12) Freight-car loadings continue to slack off. (13) Don't slack off in your studies. (14) You should slack the rope before trying to untie the knot.
中文例句	(1) 如果一根绳子没有拉紧,那它是松的。 (2) 对于学校松弛的纪律她感到震惊。 (3) 他疏于回信。 (4) 夏季紧张的工作过後，我们现在放松了。 (5) 在这个季节生意清淡萧条。 (6) 二月份是海滨旅馆的淡季。 (7) 这条绳子太松了。 (8) 水手们拉起绳索把它收紧。 (9) 老板从来不让我们有一丝的松懈。 (10) 眼下汽车工业不太景气。 (11) 司机在驶近十字路口时减慢了速度。 (12) 火车货运的运输量继续减少。 (13) 不要荒费你的学业。 (14) 解结之前你应该先将绳索放松。
vocabulary简明	If you slow down at the end of a race, you slack off. When you use slack this way, it means to reduce your speed, to be sluggish, or to be negligent.
vocabulary扩展	If something is loose, it's also said to be slack. A clothesline, for example, is slack if it is just hanging loosely between two trees. If you pull the clothesline tight, you reduce the slack. The root word of slack is the Old English word slæc, which means loose or careless. When you scold your friend for being careless about his responsibilities, you can say, "Pick up the slack!"
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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]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 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]松懈的；懈怠的 Someone who is slack in their work does not do it properly. [disapproval] 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 动词]疏忽；懈怠；松劲 If someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should. [V] [V P] [only cont] [disapproval] 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 短语]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. [V inflects] 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

Slack Means Rope Work Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Pull Give