| 词组 | take up the slack |
| 释义 | Idiom take up the slackpick/take up the slack American & Australian, informal to do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be done.When Sue starts going out to work each day, Bob and the kids will have to take up the slack and help more at home. take up the slackTo do an extra amount of work that someone else is unable or unwilling to do. I'm going to need you to take up the slack around the house when the baby arrives, because I'm going to literally have my hands full. The fourth member of our team has been totally unreliable, so the rest of us have had to take up the slack. take up the slackorpick up the slackINFORMALCOMMON If someone or something takes up the slack or picks up the slack, they reduce the bad effect of something by providing something extra. With the export market in decline, it is hoped that the tourist trade will take up the slack. We have three members of staff absent and no one to pick up the slack. Note: If you take up the slack in a rope, you tighten it. take (or pick) up the slack1 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut. 2 use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business.take up the ˈslackimprove the way money or people are used in an organization: The export market has failed to take up the slack in recent years, which has led to financial losses.The slack is the part of a rope that is hanging loosely. If there is no slack, the rope is tight. |
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