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slacken

/slak-uhn/US // ˈslæk ən //UK // (ˈslækən) //

弛缓,松懈,松弛,弛缓的

Related Words

loosen松动,松开,放松,疏松subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间relent勉强,不舍得,勉强接受,手软abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓slack松弛,松懈,松懈的,松垮的relax放松,松弛,放轻松,放松心情ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适loose松散的,松散,松动,松脱reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小remit汇款,汇出,职权范围,汇款方式flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号slake摇摆,摇动,摇晃,摇摆不定moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的

Definitions

  1. 1
    • : to make or become less active, vigorous, intense, etc.
    • : to make or become looser or less taut.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbdecrease
Forms: slackened, slackening, slackens
Synonyms
abate消减,削减,缩减,减轻diminish减弱,贬低,减轻,削弱loosen松动,松开,放松,疏松mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和relent勉强,不舍得,勉强接受,手软retard迟钝,迟钝的人,迟缓,拖延时间sag下垂,下降,下陷,下垂的soften变得柔和,变得柔软,变得柔和了,变得柔和起来subside减退,消退,减弱,沉降weaken削弱,弱化,减弱,削弱了ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适flag旗帜,旗子,国旗,旗号loose松散的,松散,松动,松脱moderate温和的,温和,温文尔雅,温顺的reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小relax放松,松弛,放轻松,放松心情remit汇款,汇出,职权范围,汇款方式slack松弛,松懈,松懈的,松垮的slake摇摆,摇动,摇晃,摇摆不定slow缓慢,慢,缓慢的,缓temper节制,回火,脾气,锻炼let up放过,放弃,放弃吧,放宽untighten松开,解开,放松,解放

Examples

  • Humidity slackens to moderate levels and highs are mainly in the mid-80s.

  • The drug-approval process slackened considerably, and the result has been many products with minimal effectiveness generating enormous profits.

  • Although Yahoo’s traffic has held steady, advertisers’ interest has slackened in the shadow of its parent organization.

  • In the 1990s, his pace began to slacken, and eventually the hits evaporated.

  • The country became more broken, and the grade so pronounced that the horses were compelled to slacken their pace.

  • It seems that once started on the rails of fortune, people need a certain time to slacken their speed or stop.

  • By 8.0 the musketry and the shelling began to slacken down although there was a good deal of desultory shooting.

  • If this is repeated a great many times the nut may slacken back so far as to become useless.

  • We were gaining on him still, and the heat of the day made him slacken his pace.

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