lax
adjective
uk/læks/us/læks/without muchcare,attention, orcontrol:
马虎的Thesubcommitteecontendsthat theauthoritieswere laxininvestigatingmost of thecases.小组委员会认为有关部门对多数案件疏于调查。
notsevereorstrongenough:
不严格的;不严厉的He took agunthroughbaggagecontroltohighlightthe laxsecurity.他携带一把枪通过了行李检查,以此引起大家对安全管理松懈这一问题的重视。
phoneticsspecialized
(of aspeechsound) made without muchforce
松音的Compare
tenseadjective
Not paying attention
- absent
- absent-minded
- absent-mindedly
- absent-mindedness
- absently
- anyhow
- dreamily
- dreamy
- drop/loweryourguardidiom
- faraway
- glazed
- laxly
- like a bull in a china shopidiom
- merrily
- misfocus
- moment
- sideline
- unmindful
- unwary
- zone out
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