| 词汇 | slackening |
| 释义 | slackening present participle ofslacken slacken verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈslæk.ən/ us /ˈslæk.ən/ slackenverb[I or T] (LESS TIGHT)to (cause to) become loose: （使）变松，（使）松开 Slacken the reins or you'll hurt the horse's mouth.松开缰绳，否则你会弄伤马的嘴。 Flexible, loose and yielding adrift bendable bendy ductile ductility flowing jointed lax limply limpness pliantly ragdoll relax rubbery semi-flexible tensile uncompressed unconstricted unstayed unstuck slackenverb[I or T] (LESS ACTIVE)to (cause to) become slower or less active: 放慢，放松，减缓 He stooped to pick it up, without slackening his pace(= without walking more slowly).他弯腰将它拾起，并没有放慢脚步。 The pace of trading slackened during the winter months.冬天那几个月里贸易活动明显减少。 The management expects demand to slacken (off) in the New Year.管理层预计新年期间需求会减少。 The car's speed slackened (off) as it went up a steep hill.汽车上陡坡时速度减慢了。 Most people slacken off/up at the end of a day's work.大多数人在一天工作快结束时都会松懈下来。 Increasing and decreasing speed of motion accelerant accelerate accelerating acceleration accelerative brake catch catch (someone) up gun isolator non-accelerating pickup put your foot downidiom quicken retard speed (something) up spurt step on the gasidiom throttle (something) back/down upshift Examples of slackeningslackening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Ultimately, however, the law became consonant across state boundaries because the railroads ran across those same boundaries without slackening their speed or altering their operation. There are clear indications that there was a slackening off of mechanization in the depression years of the mid-1860s. There has been no slackening of the practice; rather the publication of commemorative books has been gaining strength over the past decades. There would be danger if a child learnt to read very early and suffered disappointment and a slackening of interest as he got older. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Indeed, it would be surprising if there were no perceptible slackening of the belt in the light of the bounty to come. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Those were due to a slackening in the intense price competition of earlier this year, coupled with increases in international oil prices. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Basically, it was neutral from a tax point of view, but there has been a slackening of the fiscal stance. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope it will be adhered to and that there will be no slackening because there is an improvement. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 As he said, it reached a peak in 1947, and, instead of slackening off, it has stayed up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We therefore view with considerable anxiety the growing signs of a possible slackening in expansion by the coming autumn or early 1966. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Any slackening in the programme today is not likely to induce the operatives to pull their full weight. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is perfectly true that since the war there has been a general slackening in provision of this character. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We certainly do not mean any slackening of political confrontation nor do we mean any lowering of military preparation. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is there not something rather cruel about the idea of slackening the medical criteria, while at the same time introducing means-testing for incapacity benefits? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not slackening the medical criteria; we are not changing them in any way. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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