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Từ điển LongMan Dictionary
lax
 lax/læks/ adjective
[date : 1300-1400; Language : Latin; Origin : laxus 'loose']
not strict or careful enough about standards of behaviour, work, safety etc SYN slack
lax in (doing) something
▪ The company has been lax in carrying out its duties.
▪ lax security
—laxity (also laxness) noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
lax (=not good enough, so that something is not as safe as it should be)
▪ The Prime Minister denied that border security had been lax.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
 ADVERB
too
▪ It is well established that in the delinquent-prone, home discipline is more liable to be too lax, strict or erratic.
▪ Permissive parents, on the other hand, are too lax about guiding their children.
▪ I cursed myself for not having the ship preset for start up. Too lax.
NOUN
oversight
▪ Loan were sued by the federal government for lax oversight, which the government said caused taxpayers to lose $ 941 million.
security
▪ Parents, however, have protested against lax security at the school.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ lax security for the building
▪ I think the school has been too lax about bad behaviour in the past.
▪ The report criticizes the lax security at many prisons.
▪ The weakness in her legs made her go lax in Adrienne's arms.
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