These tent ropes are too slack - they need tightening. 这些帐篷绳太松了——需要把它们紧一紧。
1 showing little activity; not busy or happening in a positive way -- 萧条的,不景气的;冷清的;懈怠的
3 a pair of trousers, that are not part of a suit -- (不属于套装一部分的)长裤
wool slacks 羊毛长裤
4 very small pieces and dust from coal -- 煤屑
5 to work more slowly and with less effort than usual, or to go more slowly -- 松懈,懈怠
The result was that up to 1922 the local authorities had built a total of 137,000 houses and private enterprise 73,000; they were not slacking off at all.
I agree that there may be scope for increased output of energy but, mainly, where there is a slacking off it is a reflection on the management rather than workers.
Slacking is flat against human nature, if human nature is fairly handled.
I say "occasional" not because they are slacking in any way—indeed, they certainly are not—but because there are not enough of them to go around.
Can we have a guarantee that there will be no slacking off in the married quarters programme?
I do not say that they are slacking.
The incidence of strikes, unofficial or official, slacking and bad workmanship represent for one reason or another the failure of industrial and human relations.
The fact is that we are slacking now.