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ADJ-GRADED
松弛的;沒(méi)拉緊的
Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position.
例句
The boy's jaw went slack.
男孩張大了嘴巴。
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ADJ-GRADED
蕭條的;清淡的;不景氣的
A slack period is one in which there is not much work or activity.
例句
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。
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ADJ-GRADED
松懈的;懈怠的
Someone who is slack in their work does not do it properly.
例句
Many publishers have simply become far too slack.
許多出版商就是變得過(guò)于懈怠了。
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VERB
疏忽;懈怠;松勁
If someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should.
例句
He had never let a foreman see him slacking.
他從未在哪個(gè)工頭面前表現(xiàn)出絲毫懈怠。
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PHRASE
接手他人不再做的工作;補(bǔ)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.
例句
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，一些較小的飛機(jī)正在加緊補(bǔ)位。