loosening

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. 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。
2. 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. The bank has been too slow in loosening the purse strings.
   银行一直迟迟不愿放开资金。
4. China is really opening up and loosening up.
   中国真正为大众创造了开放和轻松的环境。
5. At the same time, companies are also loosening travel budgets after the relative austerity that accompanied the recession.
   与此同时，在经济衰退时期的相对紧缩之后，公司也放松了对旅行成本的控制。
6. One difficulty with this is that it means loosening the grip of technocrats on how capital flows.
   这方面的一个难题是：这意味着放松技术官僚对资本流动的控制。
7. Objective To study the role of fibroblast in aseptic loosening.
   目的探讨成纤维细胞在无菌性松动中的作用。
8. For loosening and fastening circlips.
   用来松开和紧固卡圈。
9. If this is not possible, the tightening and loosening sequence must always be observed.
   如果无法实现这一点，则每次必须遵循拧紧和松开顺序。
10. I'd accept you* Loosening these ropes.
    如果你把绳子解开点，我会接受你。
11. No plate fracture, screw loosening or infection occurred.
    无钢板断裂或螺钉松动，无伤口感染；
12. Washers are often used to prevent loosening and crushing.
    垫圈往往用来防止松脱和挤压。
13. The loosening of investment restrictions has widened the options for those holding renminbi as part of broader financial reforms.
    放松投资限制作为整体金融改革的一部分，拓宽了人民币持有者的选择范围。
14. They are outspoken ( microblogs) and their situation is not helped by some forms of policy loosening.
    他们（在微博上）直言不讳，而某种形式的政策放松对改善他们的状况没有帮助。
15. The direction of rotation must be observed when loosening and tightening.
    松开和拧紧时必须注意旋转方向。
16. Observe loosening and tightening sequence!
    请遵循松开和拧紧顺序！
17. For tightening and loosening a rope easily and for use on tent guy lines.
    为了能够简易的拉紧或放松绳子和使用于帐篷拉索线。
18. I regulate the tempo by tightening and loosening.
    节奏调控收紧和放松有高有低。
19. Chinese leaders have also promised to boost domestic demand by loosening fiscal and monetary measures.
    中国领导人还承诺通过放宽财政和货币措施来扩大内需。
20. Aseptic loosening is the major cause for the late revision total hip arthroplasty.
    而全髋关节置换术后的主要原因是晚期无菌性松动。
21. What fall down when loosening hands?
    松开手跌落了什么？
22. Long time machine work, because the machine will cause vibration and loosening bolts and nuts.
    机器长时间工作时，会由于机器的振动而导致螺栓和螺母松动。
23. Loosening riveted jointscut through riveted joints in area using a parting grinder and remove.
    松开铆接点使用分离打磨机切断区域内的铆接点并将其拆下。
24. Testers work both clockwise and counterclockwise, so you can easily measure torque while tightening and loosening pieces.
    扭力测试仪可顺时针或逆时针测量扭力，因此可方便地测量扭紧和扭松时的扭力。
25. The newly announced measures also include a loosening of credit policies and tax cuts.
    这个新宣布的计划也包括了放松对信贷的限制和减税政策。
26. Infectious loosening and aseptic loosening are the problems of artificial joint in clinical which needs to be addressed.
    感染性松动和假体远期无菌性松动是人工关节在临床上存在并需要解决的问题。
27. But that was an illusion, caused by the simultaneous global loosening of monetary and fiscal conditions.
    但那只是一种错觉，是当时全球同步放松货币和财政政策造成的。
28. The research results provided a basis and guide for determining the support parameters for loosening zone of surrounding rock.
    研究结果为围岩松动圈支护参数的确定提供了依据和指导。
29. I also recommend stretching and loosening up which will help to develop flexibility and agility.
    我还建议采用伸展和放松练习。这可以发展柔韧和灵敏素质。
30. Restrictions on mainland capital investments in Taiwan are also loosening.
    台湾也在放宽对大陆资本投资的限制。

noun

1. the act of making something less tight

   Synonym:    laxation

2. an occurrence of control or strength weakening
   1. the relaxation of requirements
   2. the loosening of his grip
   3. the slackening of the wind

   Synonym:    relaxationslackening