loosen up

英 [ˈluːsn ʌp]

美 [ˈluːsn ʌp]

放松; （情况）缓和; （使）（肌肉）松弛; （使）做准备活动

柯林斯词典

• PHRASAL VERB 放松；（情况）缓和
  If a person or situationloosens up, they become more relaxed and less tense.
  1. Relax, smile; loosen up in mind and body and behaviour...
     放松，微笑。精神、身体和行为上都要放轻松。
  2. Young people often loosen up on the dance floor...
     年轻人常在舞池中放松自己。
  3. I think people have loosened up their standards.
     我认为人们放低了标准。
• PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）（肌肉）松弛；（使）做准备活动
  If youloosen upyour body, or if itloosens up, you do simple exercises to get your muscles ready for a difficult physical activity, such as running or playing football.
  1. Squeeze the foot with both hands, again to loosen up tight muscles...
     双手捏脚，目的也是使紧张的肌肉松弛下来。
  2. Close your eyes. Relax. Let your body loosen up.
     闭上眼睛。放松。让身体尽量松弛。

英英释义

verb

• cause to feel relaxed
  1. A hot bath always relaxes me
  Synonym:relaxunstrainunlaxunwindmake relaxed
• become less tense, rest, or take one's ease
  1. He relaxed in the hot tub
  2. Let's all relax after a hard day's work
  Synonym:relaxunbendunwinddecompressslow down
• make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity
  Synonym:limber upwarm up
• cause to become unblocked
  1. The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!
  Synonym:unstuff
• become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner
  1. our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group
  Synonym:relax

双语例句

• The officials have been instructed to loosen up on the rules for admitting people into the country.
  官员们接到指示，放宽入境规定。
• Who's always telling me to loosen up.
  常常告诉我要放松自己。
• Squeeze the foot with both hands, again to loosen up tight muscles
  双手捏脚，目的也是使紧张的肌肉松弛下来。
• I must take some exercise and loosen up my muscles.
  我必须运动一下，放松放松肌肉。
• Breathe deeply, lower your shoulders, and loosen up before you start to speak.
  深呼吸，肩膀下沉，说话之前先放松身体。
• These new policies will loosen up foreign trade.
  这些新政策将放松对外贸易。
• Got John to loosen up a bit last night.
  昨晚我让约翰放松了一下。
• I've had a tough day, though, and I need to loosen up.
  我今天过的很糟，我需要轻松下。
• We should never loosen up on the rules for family planning.
  计划生育工作放松不得。
• I think people have loosened up their standards.
  我认为人们放低了标准。