| 单词 | take up the slack |
| 释义 | DEFINITIVE EXAMPLES 权威例句〔frap〕To take up the slack of; tighten.拉紧绳子；加紧美国传统〔pick up/take up the slack〕If Sue gets a job, Mike will have to take up the slack at home.如果苏找到了工作，迈克将不得不接替她做家务。剑桥高阶〔pick/take up the slack〕The manager has to take up the slack when employees don't do their jobs correctly.员工工作出错时，经理只好接手。韦氏高阶〔slack〕The men pulled on the ropes to take up the slack (= to tighten them).男人们拉绳子将其收紧。剑桥高阶As desktop PC sales have fallen, laptops have taken up the slack.随着枱式个人电脑销售额的下降，膝上型电脑的销售额反之上升。牛津商务Her colleagues have to take up the slack when she is away from work.她外出时，她的同事必须接手她的工作。牛津商务The men pulled on the ropes to take up the slack (= to tighten them).男人们拉拽绳子将它们收紧。剑桥国际The sailors pulled at the rope to take up the slack. 水手们拉起绳索把它收紧。译典通 |
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