cut someone some slack
(N. Amer. informal)allow someone some leeway in their conduct (北美，非正式)允许某人行为有些余地
take (或 pick up) the slack
use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business 抓紧松弛环节，治理整顿（指利用盈余或提高资源使用率以避免不良的生意停滞） pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut 拉紧松弛的绳索
slack off
To decrease in activity or intensity. 放松，缓和：在活动或紧张方面下降

英语六级真题

economy is slack domestic consumer demand.
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柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

ADJ-GRADED

松弛的;没拉紧的

Something that is slack is loose and not firmly stretched or tightly in position.
例句
The boy's jaw went slack. 男孩张大了嘴巴。
ADJ-GRADED

萧条的;清淡的;不景气的

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 is slack in their work does not do it properly.
例句
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 someone is slacking, they are not working as hard as they should.
例句
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。
PHRASE

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.
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弃了乘客较少的路线，一些较小的飞机正在加紧补位。

英汉词典释义

adj.
松(弛)的
He tightened a few slack screws. 他旋紧了几只松动的螺丝。 Discipline in Mr.Brown's class becomes very slack. 在布朗先生的班上纪律很松。
清淡的, 不活跃的;萧条的；冷清的；清淡的
Winter is the slack season at most hotels. 对大多数旅馆来说, 冬天是淡季。
懈怠的, 马虎的,不用心的；敷衍了事的；吊儿郎当的
Living alone, he became slack about his appearance. 由于单独过活, 他对自己的外表越来越不在意了。 He is always slack in doing his homework. 他做作业总是马马虎虎。
vt. & vi.
懈怠；怠惰；偷懒
Haas slacked off in his work. 哈斯工作很懈怠。
减速;松懈；放松；懈怠
His pace has gradually slacked. 他的步速逐渐慢了下来。 Slack the rope before trying to untie the knot. 解结之前先将绳索放松。
n.
(绳索等)松弛部分
He pulled in the slack of the rope. 他收紧松垂的绳索。
宽松裤
I put on a pair of golfing slacks. 我穿上了一条高尔夫球宽松裤。
（人员、资金或地方的）富余的部份，闲置部份
煤屑；煤末

英英词典释义

Noun
1. dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
2. a noticeable deterioration in performance or quality;
"the team went into a slump""a gradual slack in output""a drop-off in attendance""a falloff in quality"
3. a stretch of water without current or movement;
"suddenly they were in slack water"
4. the condition of being loose (not taut);
"he hadn't counted on the slackness of the rope"
5. a cord or rope or cable that is hanging loosely;
"he took up the slack"
Verb
1. avoid responsibilities and work, be idle
2. be inattentive to, or neglect;
"He slacks his attention"
3. release tension on;
"slack the rope"
4. make less active or fast;
"He slackened his pace as he got tired""Don't relax your efforts now"
5. become slow or slower;
"Production slowed"
6. make less active or intense
7. become less in amount or intensity;
"The storm abated""The rain let up after a few hours"
8. cause to heat and crumble by treatment with water;
"slack lime"
Adjective
1. not tense or taut;
"the old man's skin hung loose and gray""slack and wrinkled skin""slack sails""a slack rope"
2. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
"flaccid muscles""took his lax hand in hers""gave a limp handshake""a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton"a slack grip"
3. flowing with little speed as e.g. at the turning of the tide;
"slack water"
4. lacking in rigor or strictness;
"such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable""lax in attending classes""slack in maintaining discipline"

行业词典

体育：减速；松懈；松弛；
法律：怠工；

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