slacking

英 [ˈslækɪŋ]

美 [ˈslækɪŋ]

v.  懈怠; 怠惰; 偷懒
slack的现在分词

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 松弛的;没拉紧的
  Something that isslackis loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position.
  1. The boy's jaw went slack.
     男孩张大了嘴巴。
• ADJ-GRADED 萧条的;清淡的;不景气的
  Aslackperiod is one in which there is not much work or activity.
  1. 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。
• ADJ-GRADED 松懈的;懈怠的
  Someone who isslackin their work does not do it properly.
  1. Many publishers have simply become far too slack.
     许多出版商就是变得过于懈怠了。
• VERB 疏忽;懈怠;松劲
  If someoneis slacking, they are not working as hard as they should.
  1. 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。
  2. Slack offmeans the same asslack.
     slack off 同 slack
  3. 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。
• PHRASE 接手他人不再做的工作;补位提供
  Totake up the slackorpick up the slackmeans to do or provide something that another person or organization is no longer doing or providing.
  1. 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。

英英释义

noun

• the evasion of work or duty
  Synonym:shirkingsoldieringgoofing offgoldbricking

双语例句

• I didn't need close supervision and the boss never had to worry about me slacking off.
  我不需要人监督，我老板也不用因此而担心我会工作松懈。
• The rain was slacking and we were moving along.
  雨稀松下来，而我们又走动了。
• Barry was always a solid B student, but by his senior year, he was slacking off in his schoolwork in favor of basketball, beach time, and parties.
  巴里的成绩一直居于中等水平，但是高中时期，他在功课方面就有些松懈了，因为他喜欢上了篮球，去海滩冲浪，参加聚会。
• Business is slacking up.
  生意清淡起来了。
• After intense work in the summer, we are slacking off now.
  夏季紧张的工作过后，我们现在放松了。
• Since they are such relaxed individuals, they can often seem to be slacking off at work when in reality they are at the height of their creativity.
  因为他们是如此随性，但事实上达到他们的高度的创造力时，他们又经常懈怠工作。
• 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。
• He's gone from success to success in his movie career, and there's no sign of him slacking off.
  他在电影事业上佳作不断，丝毫没有懈怠的迹象。
• Back on the subject of civil servants, he has threatened those who do not turn up for work on time and has even sent spies to golf courses to ensure that public servants are not slacking off.
  回到公务员的问题上，他威胁那些上班时不按时出现的公务员，他甚至派间谍到高尔夫球场以防公务员偷懒。
• You're just afraid thatyour boss is gonna find out you've been slacking off.
  你是怕你老板发现你偷懒吧？