| 单词 | lax |
| 释义 | lax (once / 1704 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj Those parents who let their kids eat all their Halloween candy the night of October 31st? Their parenting style might be described as lax. A paperclip chain used as a bike lock? That's an example of lax security. While contemplating the word lax, you may note that it's the same as the first syllable in laxative. This is not a coincidence: lax entered English as a noun describing a substance taken or administered to relax the bowels. Interestingly, the modern definition of lax is closer to the Latin source word, laxus — an adjective meaning "loose." Now, lax can refer to any phenomenon that is insufficiently stringent or so slack as to be basically ineffectual. For example, "The entire class performed incredibly well on the test, largely due to the sleepy professor's lax supervision." WORD FAMILYlax: laxer, laxest, laxity, laxly, laxness, unlax+/laxity: laxities USAGE EXAMPLESBut the founding families still dominate almost all the conglomerates, in part, critics say, because of lax enforcement of corporate governance and tax laws. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Lax enforcement by key federal agencies and questionable judgments from the D.C. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) The 19-day holiday season for LAX and its unprecedented surge in travelers will end Tuesday. Los Angeles Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1adj lacking in rigor or strictness such lax and slipshod ways are no longer acceptable lax in attending classes Syn slack negligent characterized by neglect and undue lack of concern 2adj lacking in strength or firmness or resilience 2a lax rope Syn|Ant loose not tight; not closely constrained or constricted or constricting drooping, droopy, sagginghanging down (as from exhaustion or weakness) limplacking in strength or firmness or resilience floppyhanging limply loose, slacknot tense or taut loose-jointedloosely articulated or constructed tensionlessfree from tension tense taut or rigid; stretched tight tightclosely constrained or constricted or constricting overstrungtoo tightly strung taut, tightpulled or drawn tight adj emptying easily or excessively 3Syn loose regular, unconstipated not constipated adj pronounced with muscles of the tongue and jaw relatively relaxed (e.g., the vowel sound in `bet') Ant tense pronounced with relatively tense tongue muscles (e.g., the vowel sound in `beat') constrictedespecially tense; especially in some dialects |
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