lax
英 [læks]
美[læks]
- n. 松元音；泻肚
- adj. 松的；松懈的；腹泻的
- n. (Lax)人名；(英、法、德、意、芬、匈、瑞典)拉克斯
词态变化
比较级: laxer;最高级: laxest;名词: laxity;
中文词源
lax 泻肚，松弛的，松懈的
来自PIE*sleg,松弛的，放松的，词源同languish,slack.该词原义使肠胃放松，即排便，引申词义松弛的，松懈的等。
英英释意
- 1. lacking in rigor or strictness;
- "such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable"
- "lax in attending classes"
- "slack in maintaining discipline"
- 2. pronounced with muscles relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')
- 3. not taut or rigid; not stretched or held tight;
- "a lax rope"
- 4. lacking in strength or firmness or resilience;
- "flaccid muscles"
- "took his lax hand in hers"
- "gave a limp handshake"
- "a limp gesture as if waving away all desire to know" G.K.Chesterton
- "a slack grip"
- 5. tolerant or lenient;
- "indulgent parents risk spoiling their children"
- "procedures are lax and discipline is weak"
- "too soft on the children"
- 6. emptying easily or excessively;
- "loose bowels"
英文词源
- lax
- lax: see lease, relish
- lax (adj.)
- c. 1400, "loose" (in reference to bowels), from Latin laxus "wide, loose, open," figuratively "loose, free, wide," from PIE root *(s)leg- "to be slack, be languid" (cognates: Greek legein "to leave off, stop," lagos "hare," literally "with drooping ears," lagnos "lustful, lascivious," lagaros "slack, hollow, shrunken;" Latin languere "to be faint, weary," languidis "faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid"). Of rules, discipline, etc., attested from mid-15c.
- lax (n.)
- "salmon," from Old English leax (see lox).
实用场景例句
- lax security/discipline
- 不严格的保安措施 / 纪律
牛津词典
- a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
- 对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度
牛津词典
- One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel...
- 问题之一是对机场员工的安检措施马虎松懈。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax...
- 生还者一直指责安全标准执行不严。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Such a lax and haphazard organization was inherently corrupt.
- 这样一个松散、随意凑合的机构从骨子里就是腐败的.
辞典例句
- Day 5: Las Vegas. Evening transfer to airport ( LAX ).
- 第五天?拉斯维加斯. 傍晚返回洛杉矶.送机场. 返回原居地.
期刊摘选
- Lax security allowed the thieves to enter.
- 松懈的保安措施使小偷有机可乘.
《简明英汉词典》
- Financial discipline is lax.
- 财政纪律松驰.
《现代汉英综合大词典》
- In his earlier writings he was indeed lax on this matter.
- 在他早期著作中,对这方面他的确是不清楚的.
辞典例句
- Miss Early's always saying we're too lax in the terms we quote our buyers.
- 厄尔利小姐说我们报给买方的条件太宽了.
辞典例句
- Only the people's oversight can prevent the government from being lax in its duties.
- 只有人民监督政府,政府才不会懈怠.
期刊摘选
- Another would see US fiscal conservatives prevent budgetary loosening, while monetary policy remains lax.
- 另一种做法是,美国财政保守派阻止预算放松, 但维持宽松的货币政策.
期刊摘选
- They seemed to him so lax, so nearly worldly.
- 他们在他的眼里是那样随随便便, 那样近于世俗.
辞典例句
- Critics say trafficking is growing in part because of lax enforcement of existing laws.
- 批评者说,走私活动之所以有所增加,部分原因在于对现有法律执行不严.
期刊摘选
- Father and do not have laugh or laugh and lax cannot take.
- 严而无笑或笑而不严都是不可取的.
期刊摘选
- It blamed the federal government's lax enforcement of its own immigration laws for its fiscal burden.
- 而市政府指责正是因为联邦政府在移民法律上的松懈,才加大了地方政府的财政负担.
期刊摘选
- Day 1: Meet at airport ( LAX ). Transfer to hotel.
- 第一天? 洛杉矶机场-专人接机-送酒店.
期刊摘选
- There are lax controls and criminal gangs are becoming more savvy.
- 还有缺乏管制导致犯罪团伙更加狡猾.
期刊摘选
- Many of the problems are attributed to lax safety procedures and negligence.
- 人们把这些问题都归咎安全管理方面松散,执法不严上.
期刊摘选
- Abusive employers are complicit, and lax Taiwanese labor laws criminalize workers who flee.
- 施虐的雇主是共犯, 而松弛的台湾劳工法让逃跑的外劳成了罪犯.
期刊摘选
- Some are lax, which is a failing related to factionalism.
- 有的单位领导班子散, 与闹派性有关.
期刊摘选
- Perez: You conceive its queer to fornicate with lax women?
- 基思: 你认为和那些骚娘们儿私通很有趣 吗 ?
期刊摘选
- Perhaps the strictest is Oregon, while Montana , Hawaii and California , for example, are rather lax.
- 最严的恐怕要算俄勒冈州了, 而蒙大拿 、 夏威夷和加州就相当松.
期刊摘选
- a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
- 对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》
- A jury found the airline guilty of wilful misconduct because its lax security allowed a suitcase bomb on to the plane.
- 航空公司安保措施漏洞百出，致使一颗放在手提箱里的炸弹被带上了飞机，陪审团因此认定其存在故意不当行为。
柯林斯例句
- One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel.
- 问题之一是对机场员工的安检措施马虎松懈。
柯林斯例句
- With open frontiers and lax visa controls, criminals could cross into the country without restraint.
- 由于边境开放和签证管理松懈，罪犯可以毫无限制地进入这个国家。
柯林斯例句
- There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax.
- 生还者一直指责安全标准执行不严。
柯林斯例句