v. 减轻,减少(工作量、债务、担忧等); (使)变明亮,变成淡色; (使)感到不那么悲伤(或担忧、严肃); 缓和 lighten的第三人称单数
柯林斯词典
V-ERG (使)发亮;(使)变得明亮;(使)变淡 When something lightens or when you lighten it, it becomes less dark in colour.
The sky began to lighten... 天空开始变亮了。
Leslie lightens her hair and has now had it cut into a short, feathered style. 莱斯莉将头发染成了浅色,现在又剪了个短蓬头。
VERB 使缓和;调剂 If someone lightens a situation, they make it less serious or less boring.
Anthony felt the need to lighten the atmosphere... 安东尼觉得有必要缓和一下气氛。
He managed to lighten the generally lifeless debate at times... 他让这场总体很沉闷的辩论时不时迸出了些火花。
Her existence was lightened by bits of gossip. 她的生活靠了飞短流长才不那么乏味。
V-ERG (使)(态度、心情等)变得轻松(或愉快) If your attitude or mood lightens, or if someone or something lightens it, they make you feel more cheerful, happy, and relaxed.
As they approached the outskirts of the city, Ella's mood visibly lightened... 他们快到市郊时,埃拉的情绪明显好转。
The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing to lighten his mood. 阳光透过窗户照进来,可是这也不能让他的心情开朗起来。
VERB 使变轻 If you lighten something, you make it less heavy.
It is a good idea to blend it in a food processor as this lightens the mixture... 把它放到食品加工器里搅拌是个好主意,因为这样能够使混合物的分量减轻。
He pulled the lightened sled with all his strength. 他用尽全力拉减轻了重量的雪橇。
PHRASE 减轻…的负担 If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
The minister has persuaded the banks to lighten the burden of the foreign debt... 部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。
In sharing this secret you lighten your burden... 和别人分享这个秘密可以减轻自己的负担。
If you are responsible for children, lighten the load by asking others to help. 如果你有抚养孩子的责任,可以请他人帮忙以减轻负担。
Leslie lightens her hair and has now had it cut into a short, feathered style. 莱斯莉将头发染成了浅色,现在又剪了个短蓬头。
It is a good idea to blend it in a food processor as this lightens the mixture 把它放到食品加工器里搅拌是个好主意,因为这样能够使混合物的分量减轻。
Can a robot interject a witticism or bon mot that adroitly lightens the mood? 机器人能像我们一样谈笑风生、妙语连珠地让气氛活跃起来吗?
Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin? 为什么太阳能把头发晒浅,却能把皮肤晒黑?
He flings away his burden, if he have one, he lightens himself, like a ship in distress; it is too late, the sand is above his knees. 他如有重负则需扔掉,就象遇难的船卸去一切一样,但也已经太迟了,沙已过了他的膝盖。
This is a terrific innovation, as it considerably lightens the deployment burden for the customers that leverage multiple members of the IBM data server family. 这是一次重大的创新,因为它大大减轻了使用多个IBM数据服务器家族成员的用户的部署负担。
Balloon AA Company has created a special balloon calendar that lightens up the mood in a stressful office. AA气球公司设计了一款特别的气球日历,在紧张的办公室中放飞心情。
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burdens of another. 减轻他人负担的人在这世界没有一个是无用的。
This lamp lightens the room a bit. 这灯把小屋又照亮了一点。
That lightens over the heart. 照亮了心灵上空。
After the rain stops, the sky lightens a little. 雨停后天亮了一点。
The full moon of the night may indicate the end of the previous Spring Festival, while the clear moonlight also lightens the hope of all the Chinese for the whole year. 当晚的满月给春节画上了圆满的句号,皎洁的月光也照亮了人们一年的希望。
The gray corresponds to immobility without hope; it tends to despair when it becomes dark and regains little hope when it lightens. 灰色相当于不动没有希望,它往往绝望时,变得黑暗,恢复希望渺茫时减轻。
As for color, she lightens it a bit, but just enough to need a heavy-duty conditioner. 她把发色弄浅了一些,但需要一种高效护发素来护理头发。
If two people share the flat it lightens the burden of rent and bills. 如果两个人同住一间公寓的话可以减轻房租和账单的负担。
The material taking device is convenient for sampling, monitors the granularity at any time, prevents powder material from being oxidized and greatly lightens the work intensity of an operator. 本实用新型取样方便,随时监测粒度,防止粉料氧化,大大降低了操作者的工作强度。
When the sun rises the sky lightens. 太阳一出来天就亮了。
The second book," Britt-Mari Lightens her Heart "was written for girls. 《布丽特&马利亚心情舒畅了》是写给女孩子的。
No man is useless in this world who lightens the burden of someone else.& C.Dickens. 在这个世界上能为别人减轻负担的人都是有用的。&C。狄更斯。
His sentence lightens by judge to the life imprisonment. 他的判刑由法官减轻为无期徒刑。
Thus, the utility model lightens worker's labor intensity, improves the working environment, and enhances the labor productivity and the quality of the putty knife. 从而减轻了工人的劳动强度、改善了工作环境,提高了劳动生产率和油灰刀的质量。
What a vivid picture it is! It tells us that love is just like an oil lamp in the dark, which lightens people's hearts. 译:这是一幅多么生动的画啊!它告诉我们,爱就像一盏在黑暗中的油灯,它照亮了人们的心灵。
A10% fall in the real now lightens its debt burden, lowering the ratio of net debt to GDP by1.3 percentage points. 实际债务下降了10%的,这大大减轻了该国的债务复旦,并且使净负债在GDP中占的比率下降了1.3个百分点。
It lightens their eyes and flushes their skin slightly. 它能使他们的眼睛更明亮,让皮肤泛起淡淡的血色。
Or softly lightens over her face. 在她脸上轻柔地闪耀。
The tensioning mechanism can automatically adjust the tightness of the caterpillar band, and lightens the work load of workers. 本实用新型可以自动调节履带松紧度,减轻了工人的工作负担;
Solar energy changes life; solar energy lightens the future. 太阳能改变生活,太阳能点亮未来。
Luckily, it looks so much better inside the house, at least, there is no that bad smell, and the decoration is pretty good, all this lightens up XiaoLun's bad mood. 还好,屋子里要比外边强的多了,至少那种让人感到恶心的怪味没有了,而且装饰的真的很不错,这让小伦本来糟糕的心情好了许多。
The Hemingwayian tough man spirit lightens the literary arena in the whole world in an era. 海明威式的硬汉精神照亮了一个时代的世界文坛。
On darker skin, the localized redness may appear as a darker spot that lightens over time. 黑一点的皮肤会局部泛红,或者凸现一个深色的小点,过一阵子就会慢慢变淡。