lax

英 [læks]

美 [læks]

adj.  不严格的; 不严厉的; 马虎的; 松弛的; 松音的

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.13744 / COCA.13008

牛津词典

adj.

• 不严格的；不严厉的；马虎的
  not strict, severe or careful enough about work, rules or standards of behaviour
  1. lax security/discipline
     不严格的保安措施 / 纪律
  2. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
     对卫生与安全条例的马虎态度
• 松弛的；松音的
  produced with the muscles of the speech organs relaxed

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 松懈的；马虎的；不严格的
  If you say that a person's behaviour or a system islax, you mean they are not careful or strict about maintaining high standards.
  1. 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。
  2. 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。
  3. I was lax in my duties.
     我对本职工作马虎松懈。

英英释义

adj

• emptying easily or excessively
  1. loose bowels
  Synonym:loose
• lacking in rigor or strictness
  1. such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable
  2. lax in attending classes
  3. slack in maintaining discipline
  Synonym:slack
• lacking in strength or firmness or resilience
  1. a lax rope
  2. a limp handshake
• pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet')

双语例句

• Fiscal stimulus and lax monetary policy will help avoid debt deflation and depression.
  财政刺激和宽松的货币政策将有助于避免债务通缩和萧条。
• One of the students with Ralph Nader exposed the government's lax oversightof the food industry.
  追随拉尔夫？内德的一位学生揭露了政府对食品业的松懈监督。
• A common charge against transnational companies is that they flock to poor countries with lax environmental standards.
  跨国公司常受到的指控之一，就是他们蜂拥至贫穷而环境标准宽松的国家。
• Many are caused by negligence and lax safety procedures, such as insufficient fire extinguishers and emergency exits.
  许多事故是疏忽和安全措施松懈引起的，如灭火器和紧急出口不足。
• The court discipline is lax.
  朝纲不振。
• 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。
• Like persistent poverty, lax environmental standards are ultimately a domestic policy or institutional failure.
  和持续存在的贫穷问题一样，宽松的环境标准，也是国内政治或制度的失败所造成。
• Legislation and supervising is a branch, because this is in our country law is lax.
  立法和监督都是一个部门，因此在我国法律不严。
• Try not to be lax about important details.
  试着别对重要的细节松懈。
• 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。