Or can exports take up the slack?

还是说出口能带动经济疲软？

The sailor pull at the rope to take up the slack.

水手们拉起绳索把它收紧。

The sailors pulled at the rope to take up the slack.

水手们拉起绳索把它收紧。

Shoppers, out in force for Singles Day, helped take up the slack.

消费者帮助挽回了颓势（双十一这天，有大批中国消费者出手购物）。

New sources of oil will take up the slack resulting from the embargo.

新油源将补足石油禁运所造成的油源空缺。