c. 1400, "loose" (in reference to bowels), from Latin laxus "wide, loose, open," figuratively "loose, free, wide," from PIE root *(s)leg- "to be slack, be languid" (cognates: Greek legein "to leave off, stop," lagos "hare," literally "with drooping ears," lagnos "lustful, lascivious," lagaros "slack, hollow, shrunken;" Latin languere "to be faint, weary," languidis "faint, weak, dull, sluggish, languid"). Of rules, discipline, etc., attested from mid-15c.
lax (n.)
"salmon," from Old English leax (see lox).
实用例句
1. One of the problem areas is lax security for airport personnel.
问题之一是对机场员工的安检措施马虎松懈。
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2. There have been allegations from survivors that safety standards had been lax.
生还者一直指责安全标准执行不严。
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3. a lax attitude to health and safety regulations
