slacking
present participle ofslack
| 单词 | slacking |
| 释义 | slacking present participle ofslack slack verb[I] informaluk/slæk/us/slæk/toworkmoreslowlyand with lesseffortthanusual, or to go moreslowly: Everyone slacksoff/upat the end of theweek. disapprovingYou'll be introubleif you'recaughtslacking on thejob. Slackoffyourspeedas youapproachthecorner. Slow and moving slowly
Examplesofslackingslacking 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 orslackingoff during their first half year of employment. From theCambridge English Corpus Slackingby 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. From theCambridge English Corpus Those figures do not disclose that the working people of this country, on whom the bulk of our agricultural and industrial effort depends, areslacking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is another way of saying that the workers areslackingand not giving of their best. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 No one isslackingand 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They areslacking, 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 theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Very often when the workmen appear to beslackingthere is some good reason. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some are, perhaps, held up as examples ofslackingjust because they happen to be in the public eye. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There are menslackingin the workshops and employers on the golf courses. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Great schemes have been undertaken resulting in intense activity for a short time, and then there has been aslackingoff resulting in unemployment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 There was noslackingon the one hand or goading on the other. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 What if one district accused another ofslacking? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Yet the pace of expansion of out-of-centre retail developments shows no signs ofslacking. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The day the boss startsslacking, what sort ofslackingwill go on beneath him, among the workers? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Some individuals it may be areslacking, 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 theOpen 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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