He was very active in Freemasonry.他是共济会中非常活跃的分子。the freemasonry of actors演员的志趣相投There's a sort of freemasonry among people who race in cars.赛车的人都有一种意气相投的感觉....
他慢慢往前开，发动机低速运转。Very slowly he moved forward, the engine ticking over.一艘登陆艇的发动机还在运转。The engine of one landing craft was still running.用不了5小时，设备就又能嗡嗡地运转了。Within five hours, the equipment will be humming away again....
The instructors were slacking on the job.教员们对工作松松垮垮.He had never let a foreman see him slacking.他从未在哪个工头面前表现出丝毫懈怠。The rain was slacking and we were moving along.雨稀松下来,而我们又走动了....