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| 1 | lighten I/T if a situation or someone’ s mood lightens, or someone or something lightens it , it becomes more relaxed （使）放心；（使）减轻；（使）缓和 | Gina tried to lighten the atmosphere by telling a joke. 吉纳讲了个笑话试图让气氛轻松起来。 | |
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| 2 | I/T to become brighter or lighter in colour or make something brighter or lighter in colour （使）变亮；（使）明亮 | The skies lightened and the rain stopped. 天空变亮了，雨也停了。 | |
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| 3 | T to reduce an amount of work 减轻（工作量） | We need to hire someone else to lighten the workload. 我们需要再雇个人来减轻工作量。 | |
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| 4 | I/T to become less heavy or make something less heavy （使）变轻；（使）减轻 |
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| - | ˌlighten ˈup |
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| 1 | I/T lighten 1 | What can we do to lighten things up? 我们能做些什么事来缓和事态？ | |
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| 2 | I informal used for telling someone to be less serious 放轻松；别太认真 | Oh, lighten up! It’ s not a matter of life or death. 哎呀，放松点！这又不是关系到生死的事。 | |
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