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loosen

loosen
[英] [ˈlu:sən] [美] [ˈlusən] 生词本

vt.

vi.

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1. VERB 放宽，放松（限制、法律等） If someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe. 

  • Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates...

    不少企业集团一直在向联邦储备委员会施压，要求其放松利率管制。

  • Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields.

    钻探条例亦已放宽，以加速油田的开发。

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  • Domestic conditions did not justify a loosening of monetary policy.

    国内的情况并不足以成为放松货币政策的正当理由。

2. V-ERG （使）（关系）弱化（或疏远） If someone or something loosens the ties between people or groups of people, or if the ties loosen, they become weaker. 

  • The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States...

    联邦共和国必须疏远其与美国的关系。

  • The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions...

    该政党的二把手对疏远与工会之间关系一事态度谨慎。

  • The ties that bind them together are loosening.

    将他们紧密联系在一起的纽带正在弱化。

3. V-ERG 解开；松开；变松 If you loosen your clothing or something that is tied or fastened or if it loosens, you undo it slightly so that it is less tight or less firmly held in place. 

  • He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck...

    他伸手松了松脖子上的围巾。

  • Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned...

    松一松插销，好转动门闩。

  • Her hair had loosened and was tangled around her shoulders.

    她的头发打了开来，散乱地披在肩上。

4. VERB 使松弛 If you loosen something that is stretched across something else, you make it less stretched or tight. 

  • Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin.

    在鸡胸上方插进一把小刀，以使鸡皮不要绷得太紧。

5. V-ERG 松（手） If you loosen your grip on something, or if your grip loosens, you hold it less tightly. 

  • Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free...

    哈里的手稍一放松，安娜便挣脱出来。

  • When his grip loosened she eased herself away.

    他紧抓她的手松了一下，她便抽身而出。

6. V-ERG 放宽，放松（控制） If a government or organization loosens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip loosens, it begins to have less control over it. 

  • There is no sign that the Party will loosen its tight grip on the country...

    没有迹象显示该党会放松对国家的严密控制。

  • The Soviet Union's grip on Eastern Europe loosened.

    苏联对东欧的控制已经放松。

7. PHRASE 使打开话匣；使嘴不严 If you say that something has loosened someone's tongue, you mean that it has made them talk about something, often when they should have remained silent. 

  • The wine had loosened his tongue.

    酒一下肚，他便打开了话匣。

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loosen up 
Verb

1. make loose or looser;

  • "loosen the tension on a rope"

2. make less severe or strict;

  • "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught"

3. become less severe or strict;

  • "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived"

4. disentangle and raise the fibers of;

  • "tease wool"

5. cause to become loose;

  • "undo the shoelace"
  • "untie the knot"
  • "loosen the necktie"

6. make less dense;

  • "loosen the soil"

7. become loose or looser or less tight;

  • "The noose loosened"
  • "the rope relaxed"

体育

  • 1.放松
  • 2.缓和
  • 3.摆脱防守
1. I loosen up with a few exercise before the match.
比赛前我做了一些准备活动。

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2. I must take some exercise and loosen up my muscles.
我必须活动活动使肌肉放松些。

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3. I'll need that screwdriver to loosen these screws.
我需要那只改锥旋松这些螺丝。

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4. Loosen some sails to ease down the speed of the boat.
落下几面帆，把船速降下来。

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5. Officials have been instructed to loosen up on the rules for admitting people into the country.
官员们已收到命令放宽对入境人员的限制。

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6. The medicine may loosen your cough.
这种药能减轻你的咳嗽。

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7. The officials have been instructed to loosen up on the rules for admitting people into the country.
官员们接到指示，放宽入境规定。

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8. Your shoes will loosen up with wear.
你的鞋穿穿就会松的。

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