slacken off

1. PHRASAL VERB 放慢;减弱;变缓和
   If something slackens off, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
   1. At about five o'clock, business slackened off.
      大约 5 点钟的时候，生意闲了下来。

1. Redouble your efforts and not slacken off.
   要再接再励，不能松劲。
2. Keep at it, don't slacken off!
   继续努力，不要泄劲儿！
3. You can't slacken off because you know someone can take your place.
   这让你必须努力训练，你不能松懈，因为有人打算抢走你的位置。
4. The demand for coal began to slacken off in the spring
   煤的需求在春天开始减少
5. When you're in the lead, don't slacken off.
   你领先时不要放慢速度。
6. If necessary to avoid collision or allow more time to assess the situation, a vessel shall slacken her speed or take all way off by stopping or reversing her means of propulsion.
   如须避免碰撞或须留有更多时间来估计局面，船舶应当减速或者停止或倒转推进器把船停住。
7. Things have begun to slacken off at work recently.
   最近工作上的事情开始减少了。
8. The little tree has weathered several bitter winters. Business in the small village usually slacken off during severe winters.
   严冬季节这个小村庄的生意常常萧条。
9. He had worked without intermission for six months and now could slacken off for a holiday.
   他已不间断地工作了六个月，现在可以休假了。
10. Slacken off those ropes there, there's a storm coming!
    把那些绳子放松，风暴就要来了。

verb

1. become less intense

   Synonym:    ease upease offflag