slacken

[USA]/'slæk(ə)n/
[UK]/'slækən/
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Oversættelse

vi. blive mindre stram eller anspændt; blive langsommere
vt. gøre langsommere; gøre løsere
Word Forms
Present Participleslackening
Past Participleslackened
Third Person Singularslackens
Past Tenseslackened
Pluralslackens

Udtryk & Fast Sammenstilling

slacken the pace

sæt tempoet ned

slacken regulations

lemp på reglerne

slacken the tension

sænke spændingen

slacken the rope

løsne rebet

Eksempelsætninger

Work slackens on a hot day.

Arbejdet aftager på en varm dag.

Slacken your legs and slowly lie back.

Løsn dine ben og læg dig langsomt tilbage.

The car has slackened its speed.

Bilen har sænket hastigheden.

slacken discipline; afraid that morale might slacken.

slække på disciplinen; bange for, at moralen ville slække.

the joints can be tightened and slackened off again.

leddene kan strammes og løsnes igen.

The runners slackened their pace. Air speed slackened.

Løberne sænkede deres tempo. Luftfarten aftog.

We’ve been really busy, but things are starting to slacken off now.

Vi har været virkelig travle, men tingene begynder at aftage nu.

Better have no war for a thousand days than slacken your vigilance for one day.

Det er bedre at undgå krig i tusind dage end at slække på din årvågenhed i én dag.

I slackened the line to let the fish swim. The tension in the board room finally slackened.

Jeg løsnede linen, så fisken kunne svømme. Spændingen i bestyrelseslokalet aftog endelig.

Virkelige Eksempler

But soon, the reins slackened in his hands.

Kilde: Bilingual Edition of TED-Ed Selected Speeches

The tempo never slackens in this erudite book.

Kilde: The Economist - Arts

As economic growth slows, demand for oil would slacken.

Kilde: New York Times

But, when the brief summer comes, temperatures rise and winds slacken.

Kilde: Earth's Pulse Season 2 (Original Soundtrack)

If you move the stick fast enough, you don't have to slacken your pace.

Kilde: Downton Abbey (Audio Segmented Version) Season 2

Fudges plump face seemed to slacken, as though somebody had let the air out of it.

Kilde: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

He thought awhile, and then asked his crew if it was not time to slacken speed.

Kilde: Around the World in Eighty Days

What if the financial lifeline allowed countries to slacken the pace of reforms, or made life easier for Iran?

Kilde: The Economist (Summary)

The upward rush of the machine slackened off; a moment later they were hanging motionless in the air.

Kilde: Brave New World

So that means that temperature difference is slackening or weakening.

Kilde: PBS Earth - Climate Change

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