及物动词

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1. （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.

2. 使缓和；调剂
If someone lightens a situation, they make it less serious or less boring.

3. （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.

4. 使变轻
If you lighten something, you make it less heavy.

5. 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.

相关词组：lighten up

1. alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive

e.g. relieve the pressure and the stress
lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents

Synonym: relieve

2. become lighter

e.g. The room lightened up

Synonym: lighten up

3. make lighter or brighter

e.g. The paint will brighten the room

Synonym: brightenlighten up

4. become more cheerful

e.g. after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit

Synonym: lighten upbuoy up

5. reduce the weight on
make lighter

e.g. she lightened the load on the tired donkey

6. make more cheerful

e.g. the conversation lightened me up a bit

Synonym: lighten upbuoy up