slackening

1. V-ERG (使)放慢;(使)减弱;(使)变缓和
   If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
   1. Inflationary pressures continued to slacken last month...
      上个月，通货膨胀的压力继续减小。
   2. The Conservative government will not slacken the pace of radical reform.
      保守党政府不会放慢激进改革的步伐。
2. V-ERG (使)松开;(使)放松
   If your grip or a part of your body slackens or if you slacken your grip, it becomes looser or more relaxed.
   1. Her grip slackened on Arnold's arm...
      她紧握着阿诺德的手松开了。
   2. Muscles stretch, slacken and relax during childbirth.
      生孩子的时候，肌肉会拉抻、放松，然后松弛下来。

1. Whether the improvements are due to improved supply or slackening demand is a matter of speculation.
   究竟这是由于供应改善，还是需求减弱，都只能是猜测。
2. In my case, the stick is my slackening physical condition, which keeps me from beating opponents at tennis whom I overwhelmed two years ago.
   对于我来说，不跑的后果就是肌肉松弛，被两年前的手下败将打倒在网球场上；
3. Hence slackening is not a concession in principle but is called for by the circumstances.
   所以不是原则的让步，而是情况需要缓和一下。
4. Hitler must have noticed that the discipline in his entourage was also slackening.
   希特勒必定注意到，他的幕僚们的纪律也松弛了。
5. Enterprise spirit: Being down-to-earth, aspiring and strenuous, and never slackening our effort.
   企业精神：脚踏实地，奋发向上，永不懈怠。
6. Can you give me a guarantee that in your future work there'll be no mistakes, no slackening?
   你能不能担保你们以后工作不至于犯错，不至于怠工？
7. In the second half of last year there was a slackening in class struggle, a slackening that was brought about deliberately.
   去年下半年，阶级斗争有过缓和，那是有意识地要缓和一下。
8. Loan demand was generally weak along with the slackening economic activities, while banks remained cautious in lending.
   随著经济活动放缓，贷款需求普遍减弱，同时银行也继续采取审慎的贷款政策。
9. But China shows few signs of a material slackening in demand.
   不过中国几乎没有显示出需求显著放缓的迹象。
10. However, some market participant noted that Chinese copper demand was still slackening and appeared no significant increase.
    不过，有市场人士指出，中国铜消费量其实并没有大幅增长，依然处于疲软状态。
11. He said nothing and went on without slackening pace.
    他接着说，毫无松懈步伐。
12. The signs of China's slackening demand are manifold.
    中国需求走软的迹象是多方面的。
13. It is a curious sign of the times that in both London and Beijing a parallel preoccupation of business people is how much pressure the respective governments will exert on the banks they own to boost lending in the face of slackening growth.
    最近有一种令人好奇的趋势：伦敦和北京的商界人士都同样关注，面对增长不断放缓的局面，各自国家的政府会对它们所拥有的银行施加多大压力，以增加贷款发放。
14. American industrial companies are preparing for a possible slide back into recession with plans to make job cuts and other cost savings, even though they have yet to see any slackening of demand due to recent financial and political turmoil in the US.
    美国工业企业正拿出裁员和其它节约成本的计划，为经济可能重新步入衰退而进行准备&尽管它们尚未发现需求因美国最近的金融和政治乱局，而显露出任何疲软之势。
15. Any slackening in the pace of earnings growth could also unsettle equity markets as corporate profits have been one of the key drivers behind the prolonged resilience of US stocks.
    与此同时，只要利润增长放缓，证券市场也会出现动荡，因为公司利润是美国股市长期上扬的重要驱动力之一。
16. Other methods include protecting the interests of the whole village by local guerrilla teams through demanding reduced rent and interest rates, and not slackening any efforts in mediating in each and every problem concerning tenancy debt and employer-employee relationships, and even ordinary civil cases.
    村游击小组保护全村的利益，提出减租减息；不放松对每一个租佃关系、债务关系和主雇关系乃至一般的民事案件加以调解等等。
17. He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and be commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand.
    他仅仅感觉到钓索上的拉力微微减少了一些，就开始用右手轻轻朝里拉。
18. Evidence of slackening Chinese loan growth is a relief all round.
    中国贷款增速正在放缓的证据，让各方都松了一口气。
19. Do so by slackening the drive belt and set it aside.
    为此，松驰传动带并将其放在旁边。
20. If he detected any slackening off effort Monnet would mobilize his army of powerful friends.
    如果发现了懒散怠隋，莫内就会动员他的大批强大朋友。
21. He stooped to pick it up, without slackening his pace.
    他弯腰将它拾起，没有放慢脚步。
22. Economic growth at a global level is slackening off, and this is also occurring in emerging markets with a greater demand for textile machinery.
    全球经济增长速度放缓，这也影响到了新兴市场对纺织机械的需求。
23. We allowed the slackening and they started the attack& that suited us fine, we gained the initiative.
    我们缓和一下，他进攻，那也好，我们取得主动。
24. But at the same time, there must be no slackening of vigilance against infiltration by enemy agents.
    但是在同时，对于奸细混入的警觉性也决不可少。
25. Last year we scored such a big victory that the capitalists beat drums and struck gongs to show their allegiance; if we hadn't allowed a slackening, we would have found it hard to justify ourselves, as there was no adequate excuse.
    去年，我们取得那么大的胜利，人家服服帖帖，敲锣打鼓，你不缓和一下，那个时候难得说，理由不充分。
26. We must give priority to ideological and political work and earnestly endeavour to do it well, never slackening our efforts.
    我们一定要把思想政治工作放在非常重要的地位，切实认真做好，不能放松。
27. We must give priority to safety prevention, and never slackening, in order to standardize and systematize.
    必须预防为主，常抓不懈，使疾控实验室安全管理工作标准化、制度化和规范化。
28. A reform of slackening rules, and introducing competition has been earlier implemented in western countries.
    西方各国都早于我国对铁路先后进行了放松规制、引入竞争的改革。
29. The movements of ALT and tanker are coupled through the cable. The alternation of tightening and slackening of the mooring line has induced discontinuity of stiffness and sudden change of cable tension; it can even cause break and invalidation of mooring line.
    铰接塔和油轮的运动通过缆绳相互耦合，缆绳的交替张紧松弛引起系统刚度的不连续性，并导致缆绳中的张力突变，甚至引发系缆的断裂和失效。

noun

1. an occurrence of control or strength weakening
   1. the relaxation of requirements
   2. the loosening of his grip
   3. the slackening of the wind

   Synonym:    relaxationloosening