| 单词 | slacken off |
| 例句 | Down in Cavern Hole the great feast had slackened off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Though the torrential rains slackened off and the darkness lightened, a steady drizzle continued. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z Missiles from the wall had slackened off, giving Cluny’s horde a chance to desert the ditch for the relative safety of the meadows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z The upward rush of the machine slackened off; a moment later they were hanging motionless in the air. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The pains came quite regularly, then slackened off. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z Then their visits would slacken off, and they would give up hope. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z She said yesterday, “Things slackened off towards the end of term, I thought.” Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z The knot in my chest – the constant knot – slackens off a little. 'I lie to my health visitor. I lie to myself': the truth about postnatal depression 2019-06-08T04:00:00Z Yet some private data suggests that a strong jobs market, which has helped households keep spending, is slackening off. Take Five: Are we there yet? 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z Martial's double came with the game over, City slackening off as Guardiola had made a host of changes. 'Rivals? Forget it. This was a humiliation' 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z Liverpool’s only chance appeared to be City slackening off. Sterling and Foden star as Manchester City rain on Liverpool's title parade 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z “There’s a slackening off, people gather in a group of 20 or 30 and one person contaminates others,” Périssat said at a press conference. 'People feel a bit nervous': France braces for end of lockdown 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z “There’s a slackening off, people gather in a group of 20 or 30 and one person contaminates others,” he added. Global report: Covid-19 cases rise in Germany as Wuhan reports first infection in weeks 2020-05-10T04:00:00Z "Increased funding and a milder winter presents an opportunity to begin to catch up on the backlog - but any slackening off will simply pitch our roads back into a deep hole," he said. Extra cash sees jump in potholes patched 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z Rain is expected to continue until Wednesday before slackening off on Thursday. Typhoon Damrey kills 106 in Vietnam, reservoirs brimming before APEC summit 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z "I don't think he is going to slacken off, though. Yes, he works the players hard in training but when you are successful it makes that treatment easier to accept." Chelsea: How Antonio Conte can sustain success at Stamford Bridge 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z "If the conservation status is downgraded, protection work might slacken off and both the panda population and their habitat are more likely to suffer irreversible loss," he added. 'Too soon' to take giant panda off the endangered list 2016-09-07T04:00:00Z If not, it is because you are slackening off. 'This All Blacks team is different' 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z The workload of its housing enforcement team is unlikely to slacken off any time soon. The lowest rung of the housing ladder? - BBC News 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z Rain is expected to continue until Wednesday before slackening off on Thursday. Typhoon Damrey kills 106 in Vietnam, reservoirs brimming before APEC summit 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z "This slackening off of rent rises will be a welcome relief to many, and will help landlords keep hold of existing good tenants for the long-term," he said. More pain for tenants as rents rise 2013-06-21T09:08:28Z He adds that it would be "fatal - given the competition we face, and the population growth underway - to slacken off now". Invest more in London, urges Johnson 2013-06-11T11:35:36Z It looked like a Celtic goal-fest was on the cards but Hearts stabilised, to an extent, while the champions slackened off a bit. Celtic 4-1 Hearts 2013-01-19T17:25:07Z Then it slackened off so as to allow of the further advance of their infantry, who by this time had pushed forward into the concealment of the low ground, just north of the main road. The First Seven Divisions Being a Detailed Account of the Fighting from Mons to Ypres 2012-03-17T02:01:05.397Z Civil protection officials said that until the waves slacken off, divers will not swim into the submerged part of the vessel near the port ... Rough Seas Hamper Search of Ship 2012-01-22T12:47:05Z Towards ten o'clock the firing slackened off, and by half-past had ceased altogether. In Strange Company A Story of Chili and the Southern Seas 2011-08-16T02:00:46.397Z But the officer in charge of us slackened off his unwelcome camouflage friendship from that day, for he knew what a fool he had been. A Prisoner in Turkey 2011-05-28T02:00:23.023Z The slackening off of the good season, in the early summer, is due to the understandable desire of many tourists to avoid the desert heat. Four and Twenty Beds 2011-03-30T02:00:13.610Z The Invincible and the Inflexible soon drew ahead, but had to slacken off to enable the slower cruisers to keep up with them. The Childrens' Story of the War, Volume 3 (of 10) From the First Battle of Ypres to the End of the Year 1914 2011-02-23T03:00:28.797Z President Barack Obama's administration is working to reassure Gulf Coast residents that operations to completely clean up what's left of the spilled oil and compensate those affected will not slacken off. BP relief well closes in, eye on weather 2010-08-09T14:20:00Z It still has its uses when players disobey instructions or slacken off but the worst of Capello's rants are starting to look formulaic and dated. The selection and tactical dilemmas facing Capello 2010-06-16T14:59:00Z For ten minutes the firing continued and then slackened off, till it ceased altogether. With Rifle and Bayonet A Story of the Boer War Meanwhile the battle, or skirmish,—in which they had ceased to take any further interest,—had rolled farther and farther away, and was slackening off altogether. In the Whirl of the Rising The destroyer's speed slackened off slightly, and her bow came cutting around to the previous course. Dave Dawson on Guadalcanal At five minutes it was sixteen, at ten, thirty-three; but at eleven the pace slackened off and at twelve they had lost an inch. Silver and Gold A Story of Luck and Love in a Western Mining Camp From Sevenoaks our speed increases; the driver slackens off the steam, but we rush on faster and faster. Little Folks (December 1884) A Magazine for the Young This running fight lasted until late in the evening, when the burghers slackened off their pursuit and returned, their losses being only one killed, Lieut. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War “Hold on, there!” cried Captain Farmer, as the falls were slackened off and the boat slowly lowered down into the heaving water alongside, the waves coming half-way up the counter to meet her. Crown and Anchor Under the Pen'ant "The demand hasn't slackened off, eh?" asked the colonel, and the Greek smiled. Jack O' Judgment Stand by the lee braces, and be ready to slacken off on the weather-side! Picked up at Sea The Gold Miners of Minturne Creek The line was sometimes like a bar of iron, then it was slackened off as the animal rose and darted about. Fast in the Ice Adventures in the Polar Regions When we reached Dundee the enemy gradually slackened off pursuit, and at dark we were clear of them. My Reminiscences of the Anglo-Boer War This being secured to her bows, the stern warp was slackened off, and rollers being placed under her keel, both exerting all their strength, they hauled her up the beach. The Rival Crusoes On the 7th the Battalion took over a section of the outpost line and the fatigues slackened off, but most men were still employed for a shift by day in addition to their outpost duties. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 Thursday, March 18th.—We have had an off-day to-day at the place of woods and commons, which I hope and trust means that things are slackening off. Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 I had suffered too much; I wanted rest, woman's love, slackening off. Romance The firing now slackened off, and I returned to my chief, full of mortification over my failure. With Steyn and De Wet The brass standard should be drilled and tapped to fit the screws fairly tight, so that when once adjusted they may not slacken off. Things To Make Their bombing slackened off gradually and it became possible to hold on until the R.E. came up and erected a barricade across the trench. The Fifth Battalion Highland Light Infantry in the War 1914-1918 You can neither luff, nor spill the wind out of the sail by slackening off the sheet, nor put your boat in a position to take a heavy sea safely. Tent Life in Siberia The others saw it, too, for they slackened off. Greenmantle As soon as the hole was above the water-level, the tackle at the bow was gradually slackened off until she lay with her fore-part in the water, which came some distance up her deck. When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire Screw it down, and raise steam to the point at which you wish the safety valve to act, and then slacken off the regulating nuts until steam issues freely. Things To Make Knight nodded and slackened off on the throttle. Tom of the Raiders They are laboring under the delusion that the time is past when we must make prodigious sacrifices—that the war is already won and we can begin to slacken off. State of the Union Address |
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