1. 松弛的;沒(méi)拉緊的 Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position.
e.g. The boy's jaw went slack. 男孩張大了嘴巴。
2. 蕭條的;清淡的;不景氣的 A slack period is one in which there is not much work or activity.
e.g. 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開(kāi)來(lái)，不像商店那樣有時(shí)很忙，有時(shí)很閑。
3. 松懈的;懈怠的 Someone who is slack in their work does not do it properly.
e.g. Many publishers have simply become far too slack. 許多出版商就是變得過(guò)于懈怠了。
slackness He accused the government of slackness and complacency. 他譴責政府的懈怠和自滿(mǎn)。
4. 疏忽;懈怠;松勁 If someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should.
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e.g. He had never let a foreman see him slacking. 他從未在哪個(gè)工頭面前表現出絲毫懈怠。
5. 接手他人不再做的工作;補位提供 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.
e.g. As major airlines give up less-traveled routes, smaller planes are picking up the slack. 由于大型航空公司放棄了乘客較少的路線(xiàn)，一些較小的飛機正在加緊補位。
相關(guān)詞組：slack off
slack英英釋義
noun
1. a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely
e.g. he took up the slack
2. the quality of being loose (not taut)
e.g. he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope
Synonym: slackness
3. a soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot
Synonym: mirequagmirequagmorass
4. a stretch of water without current or movement
e.g. suddenly they were in a slack and the water was motionless
Synonym: slack water
5. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality
e.g. the team went into a slump a gradual slack in output a drop-off in attendance a falloff in quality
Synonym: slumpdrop-offfallofffalling off
6. dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
slack的解釋
verb
1. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water
e.g. slack lime
Synonym: slake
2. become less in amount or intensity
e.g. The storm abated The rain let up after a few hours
Synonym: abatelet upslack offdie away
3. make less active or intense
Synonym: slakeabate
4. become slow or slower
e.g. Production slowed
Synonym: slowslow downslow upslacken
5. make less active or fast
e.g. He slackened his pace as he got tired Don't relax your efforts now
Synonym: slackenslack uprelax
6. release tension on
e.g. slack the rope
7. be inattentive to, or neglect
e.g. He slacks his attention
8. avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
adj
1. lacking in rigor or strictness
e.g. such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable lax in attending classes slack in maintaining discipline
Synonym: lax
2. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide
e.g. slack water
3. not tense or taut
e.g. the old man's skin hung loose and grey slack and wrinkled skin slack sails a slack rope