slacken

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托福GRE Collins 1

v. become looser or slack
v. make slack as by lessening tension or firmness

vt. 使松弛, 放松, 放慢
vi. 变松弛, 减弱, 松劲

Collins 星级

14,221

BNC 频率

21,432

使用频率

slacken 由词根 slack（松弛的）和后缀 -en（使...化）组成，表示“使变得松弛”。

例句

1. Please slacken the rope so that the boat can move freely.

请放松绳子，以便船可以自由移动。

2. As the deadline approaches, we need to slacken our pace a little.

随着截止日期的临近，我们需要稍微放慢我们的步伐。

3. The teacher decided to slacken the homework load during the holiday.

老师决定在假期期间减少作业量。