slacken

英['slækən] 美['slækən]
  • v. 使松弛；使缓慢；变弱
slackened slackened slackening slackens
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. become slow or slower;

    "Production slowed"

  2. make less active or fast;

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

  3. become looser or slack;

    "the rope slackened"

  4. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

双语例句

1. The Conservative government will not slacken the pace of radical reform.
保守党政府不会放慢激进改革的步伐。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Inflationary pressures continued to slacken last month.
上个月，通货膨胀的压力继续减小。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Muscles stretch, slacken and relax during child-birth.
生孩子的时候，肌肉会拉抻、放松，然后松弛下来。

来自柯林斯例句

4. We've been really busy, but things are starting to slacken off now.
近来我们的确很忙，不过现在情况开始有所缓解了。

来自《权威词典》

5. We've been really busy, but things are starting to slacken off now.
我们忙极了, 不过现在事情开始减少了.

来自《简明英汉词典》

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. We're on the last lap, so don't slacken!
      我们已处最後阶段，可不要松劲啊！
    2. The bonds of traditional family life began to slacken.
      传统的家庭生活的纽带开始松弛。
    3. There is no reason to believe that this pace will slacken.
      没有理由使人们相信这个速度会变慢。
    4. The train slackened speed as we approached the station.
      当我们快到车站时，火车减慢了速度。
    5. The demand for coal begins to slacken off in the spring.
      煤的需求在春天开始减少。

用法讲解

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【邻近词汇】

slag slack slacken up slacken off slacken leak slacken away slacken the pace slacken discipline slacken one's pace slacken one's gait slacken one's speed slacken one's effort
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