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adjective lakslæks 1Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful. 松弛的，不严格的 lax security arrangements at the airport 松散的机场安全措施。 he'd been a bit lax about discipline in school lately 他近来在学校纪律方面有些放松。 Example sentencesExamples - Overcrowding and lax security were blamed for the escape.
- Evidence of lax security is indisputable, however.
- Those two sides have plenty of time to interact due to the ludicrously lax security arrangements.
- Many social problems stem from lax enforcement of strict legal code.
- Today, a year later, airport security is as lax as ever.
- Indeed, she seems not to recognize that state-sponsored inequalities foment terror far more effectively than lax banking laws.
- Despite continuing lax enforcement, concern rose at the end of the century, in response to a perceived increase in the consumption of whisky.
- But research shows that the standards remain too lax - and mercury continues to be unregulated.
- The punishment must fit the crime, neither too lax nor too severe.
- This strikes me as a pretty lax approach to national security.
- Caring does not mean you are soft and lax on standards.
- Most students who graduate enjoy the two years of creative freedom, lax discipline and reasonable workload.
- We can't have it both ways - we can't be concerned about terrorism when security is lax but whinge about scaremongering when steps are taken to deal with the threat.
- There has been lax security on internal US flights.
- A review of electronic security inside commonwealth agencies has reportedly uncovered a culture of theft and lax security inside the public service.
- Delay, impractical documentary formalities, lax enforcement, continuing widespread visibility of piracy and the export of pirated goods remain concerns.
- The person who lives here has been exceptionally lax about security.
- The campaign has targeted allegedly lax regional and local governments.
- The source says against this background of lack controls, especially lax internal controls, it is easy to see how a fraud of this type could arise and not be detected for so long.
- He told police that security there was so lax others had already successfully targeted it before him.
Synonyms slack, slipshod, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, inattentive, slapdash, offhand, casual easy-going, lenient, permissive, soft, liberal, non-restrictive, indulgent, overindulgent, complaisant, over-tolerant, irresponsible informal sloppy 2(of the limbs or muscles) relaxed. （四肢，肌肉）放松的 muscles have more potential energy when they are stretched than when they are lax Example sentencesExamples - And then suddenly, the pain was gone, diminishing from whence it came; she fell lax in his arms, her eyes closed in a state of dormancy.
- The underworked muscles become lax and will lengthen, and the overworked ones shorten and will become tight.
- He was round, balding, and held a monocle in one lax hand.
- Due to the inactivity of most Americans, their back muscles become lax and lose their ability to properly support the spine.
- His friend sagged slightly then, something that looked like the beginnings of tears glimmering on his eyelashes as he pulled lax fingers into action and slowly unbuttoned his shirt.
- My body feels completely alive, yet growing cool, the muscles gone lax with something more powerful than sleep.
- The mini-brow lift corrects lax forehead muscles and frown lines by elevating the eyebrow position.
- Turning her head upward, her jaw almost dropped, her mouth almost went lax, and she almost lost her vocal cords.
- The glass dropped from his lax fingers onto the floor.
- He had, by now, stood up, but his lanky limbs were still lax as his back steadied itself against the wall.
- His eyes were closed, muscles lax, breathing barely detectable.
- She dropped her eyes, and her hand grew lax in his grip; but he merely tightened his fingers around hers and did not turn around.
- If the underlying ligamentous structures become lax, the medial muscle mass will undergo increased stress.
- I stagger down the street for a while before my lax limbs become used to working again.
- Adele slumped back into the chair and forced her muscles to go lax.
- And with that said, her body went completely lax in his arms.
- Not caring, she continued to sit there, muscles that had been corded with stress, now lax and pliable.
- His arms were lax as they began slipping off of her when she moved.
- Urging greater effort as unaccustomed exercises take toll of muscles rendered lax by soft chairs and rich food.
- An underlying slight twitch of muscles as she tensed, then sighed and those muscles went completely lax as she sagged against me and snugged her head a bit closer.
- 2.1 (of the bowels) loose.
（肠子）腹泻的 Example sentencesExamples - The unfortunate offset was that the hydronically excited children became rather lax in the bladder department, and messy assisted toilet trips were required.
- 2.2Phonetics (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed.
〔语音〕（语音，尤指元音）松（弛）的。 TENSE1 的反义词 the merger of tense and lax vowels before ‘l’ The opposite of tense Example sentencesExamples - In view of the time required to move to more peripheral vowel positions, tense vowels tend to be peripheral and lax vowels closer to schwa, the neutral or central vowel.
Derivativesadverb Both are known as the pre-Code era, although a loose, laxly administered set of standards was already in place for both media. Example sentencesExamples - Quite often, this is effected by moving the money through an intermediate country where money-laundering rules are applied laxly, if at all.
- In the early twentieth century, twenty-eight states restricted child labor by law, but most of the laws were vaguely worded, full of exemptions, and laxly enforced.
- The school had wanted to expand school enrollment and wanted to make sure that there were enough qualifying students, which was why the teachers graded laxly.
- The everyday ‘sceptical’ view is that most people's epistemic standards are too low or too laxly applied, not that the very idea of justification is fatally flawed.
noun We are so inured to the laxness and corruptness, that we defend the bullies and liars. Example sentencesExamples - I think a lot of immigration lawyers like myself laughed when we heard about the laxness of our immigration system.
- This is rather a relaxing prospect and suggests a hectic world becoming more gentle but please note, it does not mean a laxness regarding looks.
- The family discord has been in progress for about two weeks, said the man, attributing it, in part, to the laxness of previous discipline.
- The kingdom has been criticised by the United States for laxness on fighting terrorism.
- There will be no place for such laxness this Sunday.
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense 'loose', said of the bowels): from Latin laxus. languish from Middle English: Early senses included ‘become faint, feeble, or ill’; in the early 18th century it came to mean ‘assume a languid or sentimentally tender expression’ and was aptly applied to Sheridan's character Lydia Languish in The Rivals performed for the first time in 1775. The word goes back to Latin laxus ‘loose, lax’ found also in lax (Late Middle English), relax (Late Middle English) where the re- intensifies the sense; relay (Late Middle English), release (Middle English), and laxative (Late Middle English) something that loosens the bowels. See slake
Rhymesaxe (US ax), Backs, Bax, fax, flax, max, pax, Sachs, sax, saxe, tax, wax noun lakslæks mass nounUS informal Lacrosse. I wore pads and a helmet whenever I played lax Example sentencesExamples - Outdoor lax is at Northville Community and Millenium Parks.
- The 8- and 6-year-olds experimented with the sport for a few weeks that fall and the next spring they signed up to play lax.
- When I'm not working these jobs, I'm at our kids sporting events (soccer, lax, flag football, they all play).
- I wanted to know if you had any suggestions for teaching him how to play lax like you do.
- We offer lax for boys and girls of all ages – whether you’re just starting in Pre K or want to play Varsity in high school.
Origin1950s: abbreviation of lacrosse, with x representing crosse (by association with cross). adjectivelækslaks 1Not sufficiently strict, severe, or careful. 松弛的，不严格的 lax security arrangements at the airport 松散的机场安全措施。 he'd been a bit lax about discipline in school lately 他近来在学校纪律方面有些放松。 Example sentencesExamples - Today, a year later, airport security is as lax as ever.
- There has been lax security on internal US flights.
- He told police that security there was so lax others had already successfully targeted it before him.
- We can't have it both ways - we can't be concerned about terrorism when security is lax but whinge about scaremongering when steps are taken to deal with the threat.
- Despite continuing lax enforcement, concern rose at the end of the century, in response to a perceived increase in the consumption of whisky.
- A review of electronic security inside commonwealth agencies has reportedly uncovered a culture of theft and lax security inside the public service.
- Most students who graduate enjoy the two years of creative freedom, lax discipline and reasonable workload.
- Those two sides have plenty of time to interact due to the ludicrously lax security arrangements.
- The person who lives here has been exceptionally lax about security.
- Caring does not mean you are soft and lax on standards.
- Overcrowding and lax security were blamed for the escape.
- But research shows that the standards remain too lax - and mercury continues to be unregulated.
- The campaign has targeted allegedly lax regional and local governments.
- The punishment must fit the crime, neither too lax nor too severe.
- Delay, impractical documentary formalities, lax enforcement, continuing widespread visibility of piracy and the export of pirated goods remain concerns.
- Many social problems stem from lax enforcement of strict legal code.
- This strikes me as a pretty lax approach to national security.
- Evidence of lax security is indisputable, however.
- Indeed, she seems not to recognize that state-sponsored inequalities foment terror far more effectively than lax banking laws.
- The source says against this background of lack controls, especially lax internal controls, it is easy to see how a fraud of this type could arise and not be detected for so long.
Synonyms slack, slipshod, negligent, neglectful, remiss, careless, heedless, unmindful, inattentive, slapdash, offhand, casual 2(of the limbs or muscles) relaxed. （四肢，肌肉）放松的 Example sentencesExamples - The mini-brow lift corrects lax forehead muscles and frown lines by elevating the eyebrow position.
- He had, by now, stood up, but his lanky limbs were still lax as his back steadied itself against the wall.
- His arms were lax as they began slipping off of her when she moved.
- Due to the inactivity of most Americans, their back muscles become lax and lose their ability to properly support the spine.
- If the underlying ligamentous structures become lax, the medial muscle mass will undergo increased stress.
- His friend sagged slightly then, something that looked like the beginnings of tears glimmering on his eyelashes as he pulled lax fingers into action and slowly unbuttoned his shirt.
- The glass dropped from his lax fingers onto the floor.
- Urging greater effort as unaccustomed exercises take toll of muscles rendered lax by soft chairs and rich food.
- He was round, balding, and held a monocle in one lax hand.
- Adele slumped back into the chair and forced her muscles to go lax.
- And then suddenly, the pain was gone, diminishing from whence it came; she fell lax in his arms, her eyes closed in a state of dormancy.
- His eyes were closed, muscles lax, breathing barely detectable.
- And with that said, her body went completely lax in his arms.
- An underlying slight twitch of muscles as she tensed, then sighed and those muscles went completely lax as she sagged against me and snugged her head a bit closer.
- Not caring, she continued to sit there, muscles that had been corded with stress, now lax and pliable.
- Turning her head upward, her jaw almost dropped, her mouth almost went lax, and she almost lost her vocal cords.
- She dropped her eyes, and her hand grew lax in his grip; but he merely tightened his fingers around hers and did not turn around.
- My body feels completely alive, yet growing cool, the muscles gone lax with something more powerful than sleep.
- I stagger down the street for a while before my lax limbs become used to working again.
- The underworked muscles become lax and will lengthen, and the overworked ones shorten and will become tight.
- 2.1 (of the bowels) loose.
（肠子）腹泻的 Example sentencesExamples - The unfortunate offset was that the hydronically excited children became rather lax in the bladder department, and messy assisted toilet trips were required.
- 2.2Phonetics (of a speech sound, especially a vowel) pronounced with the vocal muscles relaxed.
〔语音〕（语音，尤指元音）松（弛）的。 TENSE1 的反义词 The opposite of tense Example sentencesExamples - In view of the time required to move to more peripheral vowel positions, tense vowels tend to be peripheral and lax vowels closer to schwa, the neutral or central vowel.
OriginLate Middle English (in the sense ‘loose’, said of the bowels): from Latin laxus. nounlækslaks US informal Lacrosse. I wore pads and a helmet whenever I played lax Example sentencesExamples - The 8- and 6-year-olds experimented with the sport for a few weeks that fall and the next spring they signed up to play lax.
- Outdoor lax is at Northville Community and Millenium Parks.
- I wanted to know if you had any suggestions for teaching him how to play lax like you do.
- We offer lax for boys and girls of all ages – whether you’re just starting in Pre K or want to play Varsity in high school.
- When I'm not working these jobs, I'm at our kids sporting events (soccer, lax, flag football, they all play).
Origin1950s: abbreviation of lacrosse, with x representing crosse (by association with cross). |