loosened

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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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。
   3. 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.
   1. He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck...
      他伸手松了松脖子上的围巾。
   2. Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned...
      松一松插销，好转动门闩。
   3. 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.
   1. 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.
   1. Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free...
      哈里的手稍一放松，安娜便挣脱出来。
   2. 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.
   1. 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。
   2. 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.
   1. The wine had loosened his tongue.
      酒一下肚，他便打开了话匣。

1. He loosened his very strong hold on the ship's rail and glanced fore and aft.
   他松开紧紧抓住护栏的手，往船的两头扫了一眼。
2. 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。
3. 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. Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free
   哈里的手稍一放松，安娜便挣脱出来。
5. 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. The Soviet Union's grip on Eastern Europe loosened.
   苏联对东欧的控制已经放松。
7. The wine had loosened his tongue.
   酒一下肚，他便打开了话匣。
8. I think people have loosened up their standards.
   我认为人们放低了标准。
9. His striped tie was loosened at his throat.
   他的条纹领带松松地挂在脖子上。
10. Jason had taken off his jacket and loosened his tie.
    贾森已经脱下夹克，松开了领带。
11. The luggage has got loosened.
    行李散了。
12. The screw has loosened.
    螺丝钉松了。
13. "After finding a boyfriend, my parents loosened up," Lin said.
    林星云说：有了男朋友之后，我父母变得大方了，对零用钱限制放宽了。
14. The bonds that had held his body down were loosened.
    把他身体绑住的带子放松了。
15. In so doing, he loosened the dirt packed around the king's neck and shoulders.
    就这样，他的挣扎弄松了围在大仁慈王的脖子和肩上的泥土。
16. Stephen's arm began to tire and gradually, slowly, he loosened his grasp.
    史蒂芬的胳膊开始没劲了，渐渐地，慢慢地，他原来紧握着东西的手终于松开了。
17. But the bolts were loosened on both sides.
    但两边的螺栓都松了。
18. Reynolds loosened his hand on my collar.
    雷诺兹松手放开了我的衣领。
19. Foreign-investment rules need to be loosened to raise standards in finance, higher education and infrastructure.
    需要放宽和外国投资相关的规定，来提高金融业、高等教育和基础设施的水准。
20. One of the bolts had loosened during the flight.
    在飞行的过程中一个螺钉松了。
21. He loosened his collar and tie.
    他松开衣领和领带。
22. As things are done, the interpersonal relationship changes& member added or subtracted, relationship tightened or loosened.
    这件事情结束了，人际关系却变化了。有可能增减了成员，或者增减了感情。
23. The four bolts on the reinforcement frame must not be loosened.
    不得松开加强框架上的四个螺栓。
24. The wheelchair brake attachment has been loosened.
    有人把轮椅的刹车接头弄松了。
25. The tyre on one of his wheels had loosened.
    他有个车轮子的轮胎松了。
26. The rope loosened up and he fell to the ground.
    绳子松开了，于是他跌落到地上。
27. To stave off recession, the Federal Reserve loosened monetary policy.
    为了防止经济衰退，美联储放松了货币政策。
28. My heart was loosened immediately a lot of.
    我的心顿时放松了很多。
29. He held my hand very tightly at first but gradually his hold loosened.
    开始时他紧紧握住我的手，后来渐渐松开了。
30. An experimental study on detecting loosened bolts of a steel frame is implemented based on the technique.
    利用该技术对钢框架结构进行了螺栓松动检测试验研究。

adj

1. straightened out

   Synonym:    disentangledunsnarled