英语词汇“take up the slack”的读音、翻译、释义、用法及例句-青年旅行网

Idiom

take up the slackpick/take up the slack

American & Australian, informal to do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be done.

When Sue starts going out to work each day, Bob and the kids will have to take up the slack and help more at home.

idiomtake up the slack(also pick up the slack AmE)to do or provide something that is needed in a situation or organization, when someone or something else has stopped doing or providing it ◆ often used about finance and business:The Bulls are really missing Anderson, but their coach is hoping Scott and Rodriguez will take up the slack.Any growth in business spending would stimulate the economy and pick up some of the slack from reduced consumer spending.We are relying on biotechnology and computing to take up the slack now that older industries are cutting jobs.

take up the slack

To do an extra amount of work that someone else is unable or unwilling to do. I'm going to need you to take up the slack around the house when the baby arrives, because I'm going to literally have my hands full. The fourth member of our team has been totally unreliable, so the rest of us have had to take up the slack.

take up the slack

pick up the slack

INFORMAL

COMMON If someone or something takes up the slack or picks up the slack, they reduce the bad effect of something by providing something extra. With the export market in decline, it is hoped that the tourist trade will take up the slack. We have three members of staff absent and no one to pick up the slack. Note: If you take up the slack in a rope, you tighten it.

take (or pick) up the slack

1 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut. 2 use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business.

take up the ˈslack

improve the way money or people are used in an organization: The export market has failed to take up the slack in recent years, which has led to financial losses.

The slack is the part of a rope that is hanging loosely. If there is no slack, the rope is tight.

词汇	take up the slack
释义	Idiom take up the slackpick/take up the slack American & Australian, informal to do the work which someone else has stopped doing, but which still needs to be done. When Sue starts going out to work each day, Bob and the kids will have to take up the slack and help more at home. idiomtake up the slack(also pick up the slack AmE)to do or provide something that is needed in a situation or organization, when someone or something else has stopped doing or providing it ◆ often used about finance and business:The Bulls are really missing Anderson, but their coach is hoping Scott and Rodriguez will take up the slack.Any growth in business spending would stimulate the economy and pick up some of the slack from reduced consumer spending.We are relying on biotechnology and computing to take up the slack now that older industries are cutting jobs. take up the slack To do an extra amount of work that someone else is unable or unwilling to do. I'm going to need you to take up the slack around the house when the baby arrives, because I'm going to literally have my hands full. The fourth member of our team has been totally unreliable, so the rest of us have had to take up the slack. take up the slack or pick up the slack INFORMAL COMMON If someone or something takes up the slack or picks up the slack, they reduce the bad effect of something by providing something extra. With the export market in decline, it is hoped that the tourist trade will take up the slack. We have three members of staff absent and no one to pick up the slack. Note: If you take up the slack in a rope, you tighten it. take (or pick) up the slack 1 pull on the loose end or part of a rope in order to make it taut. 2 use up a surplus or improve the use of resources to avoid an undesirable lull in business. take up the ˈslack improve the way money or people are used in an organization: The export market has failed to take up the slack in recent years, which has led to financial losses. The slack is the part of a rope that is hanging loosely. If there is no slack, the rope is tight.
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