| 词组 | slacking off |
| 释义 | (redirected from slacking off)slack off1. To reduce or decrease over time. Most of the businesses on the island close up for the year once the summer business starts to slack off toward the end of August. The winds began slacking off as the hurricane shifted course out to sea. 2. To be or become lazy; to procrastinate or avoid work or one's duty. If you keep slacking off, we'll be forced to give you a formal warning. I should have been working on my essay, but I decided to slack off for the weekend with my friends. slack off1. to taper off; to reduce gradually. Business tends to slack off during the winter months. The storms begin to slack off in April. 2. [for someone] to become lazy or inefficient. Near the end of the school year, Sally began to slack off, and her grades showed it. John got fired for slacking off during the busy season. slack offDecrease in activity or intensity, as in If business ever slacks off we can go on vacation, or When the project fell behind schedule again, she thought we were slacking off. [Second half of 1800s] slack offv. 1. To decrease in activity or intensity: Tourism on Cape Cod usually slacks off around September. 2. To evade work; shirk: High school seniors tend to slack off once they get accepted to college. |
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