| 词汇 | slacking |
| 释义 | slacking present participle ofslack slack verb[ I ] informaluk /slæk/ us /slæk/ to work more slowly and with less effort than usual, or to go more slowly: 松懈，懈怠 slack off/upEveryone slacks off/up at the end of the week.每个人到了周末都有些懈怠。 disapprovingYou'll be in trouble if you're caught slacking on the job.如果你被抓到工作时偷懒，那你就麻烦了。 slack off your speedSlack off your speed as you approach the corner.接近拐角时，你要放慢速度。 Slow and moving slowly (as) slow as molassesidiom at a snail's paceidiom by and byidiom by degreesidiom claw your way (somewhere)idiom crawl float hang around in ones and twosidiom inch by inchidiom infiltrate infiltration jog labour sluggish sluggishly sluggishness snail staged wander Examples of slackingslacking In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Indicative of the intense disciplinary environment, workers were often fired for infractions or slacking off during their first half year of employment. Slacking by specific others in many foraging bands hardly goes unnoticed, and, as discussed in section 4.4, extreme examples are often treated with some form of direct or indirect punishment. Those figures do not disclose that the working people of this country, on whom the bulk of our agricultural and industrial effort depends, are slacking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That is another way of saying that the workers are slacking and not giving of their best. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one is slacking and somehow, despite the fact that they are overworked, the people cope and still give a remarkable service. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are slacking, and there is voluntary absenteeism, not only in mining but in other industries. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often when the workmen appear to be slacking there is some good reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some are, perhaps, held up as examples of slacking just because they happen to be in the public eye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are men slacking in the workshops and employers on the golf courses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Great schemes have been undertaken resulting in intense activity for a short time, and then there has been a slacking off resulting in unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There was no slacking on the one hand or goading on the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 What if one district accused another of slacking? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the pace of expansion of out-of-centre retail developments shows no signs of slacking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The day the boss starts slacking, what sort of slacking will go on beneath him, among the workers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Some individuals it may be are slacking, but the people as a whole—no, they are doing their stuff, to use a colloquialism. 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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