Slacken

(verb.) make slack as by lessening tension or firmness.

(verb.) become looser or slack; 'the rope slackened'.

录入:诺兰

• It was a sign of his good disposition that he did not slacken at all in his intention of carrying out Dorothea's design of the cottages. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Wait till things slacken, before you try the open, even for foreign air. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
• At that point I slackened my pace and proceeded cautiously, but I saw no one, and heard no voices. 威尔基·柯林斯. 白衣女人.
• When they slackened again, Mr. Bambridge said-- Not but what the roan was a better trotter than yours. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Don't hold me so faSt. I slackened my grasp, and she darted off. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 维莱特.
• I hailed her, but could get no answer; yet I found I gained upon her, for the wind slackened. 乔纳森·斯威夫特. 格列佛游记.
• A hurry of voices succeeded, in which Mr Inspector's voice was busiest; it gradually slackened and sank; and Mr Inspector reappeared. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Still two or three miles short of the Lock, he slackened his pace then, but went steadily on. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• He said to Rosamond, as they slackened their pace-- Rosy, did Mary tell you that Mrs. Waule had said anything about me? 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
• Intently over her shoulder, without slackening speed, she looked ahead for the driving face. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• On your business, my dear,' replied the Jew, glancing uneasily at his companion, and slackening his pace as he spoke. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 雾都孤儿.
• Most of its money-mills were slackening sail, or had left off grinding for the day. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
• Meanwhile the chaise proceeded, without any slackening of pace, towards the conclusion of the stage. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 匹克威克外传.
• Whenever criticism slackens, whenever we sink into acquiescence, the mind swerves aside and clings with the gratitude of the weary to some fixed idea. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

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