slack off

• 指工作或做事时偷懒、不卖力、懈怠，尤指本应努力工作时却放松、敷衍。

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of reducing effort, working less hard, or being lazy, especially when one should be working.

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1. Reduce effort or workinformal

   To work less hard or to be less productive than usual, often intentionally.

   偷懒

   • He started to slack off after his promotion.
   • The team was slacking off during the afternoon shift.
   • If you slack off too much, you might lose your job.

   同义词dawdlefiddlegoof-offidleknock offlaglazeloafshirktake it easy

   反义词applyexertlaborstrivetoilwork

2. Become less active or intenseinformal

   To decrease in intensity, activity, or speed.

   减弱

   • The storm finally slacked off after midnight.
   • Business tends to slack off during the summer months.
   • The teacher noticed the students slacking off as the semester ended.

   同义词abatedecreasediminishease offlet upmoderaterelaxrelentslackensubside

   反义词acceleratecontinueintensifypersevere

基本动词slack