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lighten

/lahyt-n/US // ˈlaɪt n //UK // (ˈlaɪtən) //

减轻,淡化,减淡,减弱

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to become lighter or less dark; brighten: The sky lightened after the storm.
    • : to brighten or light up, as the eyes or features: Her face lightened when she heard the good news.
    • : to flash as or like lightning: It thundered and lightened for hours.
    • : Archaic. to shine, gleam, or be bright: steel blades lightening in the sun.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to give light to; illuminate: A full moon lightened the road.
    • : to brighten: A large smile lightened his face.
    • : to make lighter or less dark: Add white to lighten the paint.
    • : Obsolete. enlighten.
    • : Obsolete. to flash or emit like lightning: eyes that lightened forth implacable hatred.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbreduce weight, load
Forms: lightened, lightening
Synonyms
alleviate减轻,纾解,缓解,缓和ameliorate缓和,改善,缓解,缓和气氛cut down削减,砍伐,砍掉,削减了dilute冲淡,淡化,稀释,冲淡了ease缓解,减轻,舒适度,舒适facilitate促进,方便,便利,便捷lessen减轻,减少,减轻了,减低mitigate缓解,减轻,减轻影响,缓和mollify劝解,劝慰,抚慰,劝说relieve纾解,纾缓,缓解,纾解了allay缓解,安抚,缓和,劝说assuage抚慰,劝慰,抚平,安抚attenuate衰减,递减,衰减的,渐进式buoy浮标,浮泡,浮力change变化,改变,更改,变革comfort舒适度,舒适性,舒适,舒适感decrease减少,降低,下降,下跌disburden解除负担,卸下负担,卸下责任,卸任disencumber解雇,解散,解除抵押,撤消empty空,空的,空空如也,空荡荡的eradicate根除,铲除,消除,消灭extenuate天真无邪,天真无邪的,全心全意,全心全意的free免费的,免费,自由的,自由jettison抛弃,丢弃,弃置,抛出levitate升空,浮空,悬浮,漂浮reduce减少,降低,削减,缩小remove移除,删除,拆除,取消shift移位,转移,移,轮班take采纳,采纳了thin薄,单薄,薄薄的,细unburden解除负担,卸下负担,卸下重担,卸下责任unload卸载,卸下,卸装,卸货upraise抬高,高举,拔高,抬头make less减少,少做,少赚,减轻make lighter打火机,使之更轻盈,减轻,使之更轻pour out倾吐,倾诉,倾吐出来,倾注put off推迟,延缓,推迟了,推迟执行take a load off减轻负担,减压,卸下重担,释然throw out抛出,扔掉,扔掉了,抛出的uplight亮度,凸显,亮点,阳光
Antonyms

Examples

  • She wanted to present the survivors’ stories together to lighten the individual burden of illustrating the human toll of sexual violence and the resilience of survivors.

  • Perhaps we can lighten the burden by acknowledging what parents around us are experiencing and maybe even find ways to support them where we can.

  • Over 200 million people use Snapchat Lenses every day, some of them to lighten their skin tone.

  • In the winter, the club even offers a freight-hauling service so you can lighten your load on the ski in.

  • In her time as a model, Joleen Mitton has experienced firsthand photographers’ desire to lighten her skin tone, as well as offensive comments made in her direction.

  • Doane tweeted, “the film does make fun of Wannabe Berean unimaginative Christians who need to lighten up.”

  • Jazz lovers who had taken exception to the previous bashing were told to lighten up, and stop complaining.

  • As mourning time progressed and the emotional strain began to subside, the black hues began to lighten.

  • “That sound is a requirement for renting a car in Costa Rica,” Mugianis jokes to lighten the mood.

  • Of course, I am aware that this is a simply a video game and critics would say I should lighten up.

  • Thou art the help of Christians; lighten our tribulations, and help us with motherly intercession at the throne of thy divine Son.

  • Obviously, the very least they could do, was to try by all means in their power, to lighten the burden they had laid upon her.

  • Pretty soon it darkened up, and begun to thunder and lighten; so the birds was right about it.

  • Elvedon was rather like that, though the present tenants have managed to lighten it a good deal.

  • If the rollways could be definitely cleared once, the work would lighten all along the line.