| 单词 | laxity |
| 释义 | laxity (once / 5626 pages) n Laxity is a tendency of being too easy-going, or not strict enough. If your teacher doesn't punish her math class for climbing out the classroom windows, she may be accused of laxity. A government's laxity with regulations can result in big companies taking advantage of the situation. Likewise, a babysitter's laxity with his young charges can result in mayhem, or at the very least an extremely late bedtime. A physical kind of laxity is a literal looseness, especially of muscles and ligaments: "If you over-stretch before your run, your muscles' laxity can harm your joints." The Latin root is laxus, "loose." WORD FAMILYlaxity: laxities+/lax: laxer, laxest, laxity, laxly, laxness, unlax USAGE EXAMPLESThis laxity adversely affects threatened species and disregards scientific advice. Nature(Nov 08, 2016) “Women tend to have somewhat more laxity in their tendons than men,” he says. New York Times(Sep 22, 2016) The laxity of boarding procedures on American domestic airlines was exposed by the 9/11 attacks. Economist(Sep 15, 2016) 1n the quality of being lax and neglectful Syn|Hyper laxness, remissness, slackness neglect, neglectfulness, negligence the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern 2n the condition of being physiologically lax Syn|Hyper laxness condition, status a state at a particular time |
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