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. 放宽，放松（限制、法律等）
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Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates. [VERB noun]
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。
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Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields. [VERB noun]
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. （使）（关系）弱化（或疏远）
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The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States. [VERB noun]
联邦共和国必须疏远其与美国的关系。
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The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions. [VERB noun]
该政党的二把手对疏远与工会之间关系一事态度谨慎。
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The ties that bind them together are loosening. [VERB]
将他们紧密联系在一起的纽带正在弱化。
SYN slacken, ease, work free, work loose
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. 解开；松开；变松
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He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck. [VERB noun]
他伸手松了松脖子上的围巾。
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Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned. [VERB noun]
松一松插销，好转动门闩。
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Her hair had loosened and was tangled around her shoulders. [VERB]
她的头发打了开来，散乱地披在肩上。
SYN untie, undo, release, separate
4 VERB 使松弛 If you loosen something that is stretched across something else, you make it less stretched or tight. 使松弛
5 V-ERG 松（手） If you loosen your grip on something, or if your grip loosens, you hold it less tightly. 松（手）
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. 放宽，放松（控制）
SYN weaken, relax, lessen, release
7 PHRASE [VERB inflects] 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. 使打开话匣；使嘴不严
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