Verb:

1. make more cheerful;

   "the conversation lightened me up a bit"
   

2. reduce the weight on; make lighter;

   "she lightened the load on the tired donkey"
   

3. become more cheerful;

   "after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit"
   

4. make lighter or brighter;

   "The paint will brighten the room"
   

5. become lighter;

   "The room lightened up"
   

6. alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive;

   "relieve the pressure and the stress"
   "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
   

1.（使）发亮；（使）变得明亮；（使）变淡
When somethinglightens or when youlighten it, it becomes less dark in colour.

e.g. The sky began tolighten...
天空开始变亮了。
e.g. Leslie lightens her hair and has now had it cut into a short, feathered style.
莱斯莉将头发染成了浅色，现在又剪了个短蓬头。

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

e.g. Anthony felt the need tolighten the atmosphere...
安东尼觉得有必要缓和一下气氛。
e.g. He managed tolighten the generally lifeless debate at times...
他让这场总体很沉闷的辩论时不时迸出了些火花。

3.（使）（态度、心情等）变得轻松（或愉快）
If your attitude or moodlightens, or if someone or somethinglightens it, they make you feel more cheerful, happy, and relaxed.

e.g. As they approached the outskirts of the city, Ella's mood visibly lightened...
他们快到市郊时，埃拉的情绪明显好转。
e.g. The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing tolighten his mood.
阳光透过窗户照进来，可是这也不能让他的心情开朗起来。

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

e.g. It is a good idea to blend it in a food processor as this lightens the mixture...
把它放到食品加工器里搅拌是个好主意，因为这样能够使混合物的分量减轻。
e.g. He pulled the lightened sled with all his strength.
他用尽全力拉减轻了重量的雪橇。

5.减轻…的负担
If someone or somethinglightens yourburden or yourload, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.

e.g. The minister has persuaded the banks tolighten the burden of the foreign debt...
部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。
e.g. In sharing this secret youlighten your burden...
和别人分享这个秘密可以减轻自己的负担。

相关词组：lighten up

equipment to lighten the load of domestic work

减轻家务负担的设备

The measures will lighten the tax burden on small businesses.

这些措施将减轻小型企业的纳税负担。

The sky began to lighten in the east.

东方开始透亮了。

Use bleach to lighten the wood.

用漂白剂把木材颜色漂浅。

My mood gradually lightened.

我的心情渐渐好起来。

She told a joke to lighten the atmosphere.

她讲了个笑话以缓和气氛。

Come on, John. lighten up!

约翰，加油，别紧张！

The sky began to lighten...

天空开始变亮了。

Leslie lightens her hair and has now had it cut into a short, feathered style.

莱斯莉将头发染成了浅色，现在又剪了个短蓬头。

Anthony felt the need to lighten the atmosphere...

安东尼觉得有必要缓和一下气氛。

He managed to lighten the generally lifeless debate at times...

他让这场总体很沉闷的辩论时不时迸出了些火花。

As they approached the outskirts of the city, Ella's mood visibly lightened...

他们快到市郊时，埃拉的情绪明显好转。

The sun was streaming in through the window, yet it did nothing to lighten his mood.

阳光透过窗户照进来，可是这也不能让他的心情开朗起来。

It is a good idea to blend it in a food processor as this lightens the mixture...

把它放到食品加工器里搅拌是个好主意，因为这样能够使混合物的分量减轻。

He pulled the lightened sled with all his strength.

他用尽全力拉减轻了重量的雪橇。

The minister has persuaded the banks to lighten the burden of the foreign debt...

部长已经说服银行减轻外债负担。

In sharing this secret you lighten your burden...

和别人分享这个秘密可以减轻自己的负担。

Adhere to massage about two weeks, you can lighten or even eliminate scarring.

坚持按摩两周左右, 疤痕就可变淡甚至消灭.

Stroll through the beauty of nature and relax in the graceful pavilions to lighten your heart.

漫步于自然美景中,在典雅的凉亭中休憩,可让心情好好放松一下.

Berk said the finding strengthens the advice that everyone lighten up a little to live longer.

伯克还说这一研究结果证实了生活积极的人寿命更长这一说法.

He tries to lighten his lectures with an occasional witticism.

他有时想用俏皮话使课堂活跃.

If you want to lighten the weight, you must little eat bread.

如果你想减轻体重, 你必须少吃面包.

The leather shoes lighten after polished.

这双皮鞋擦完鞋油后就变亮了.

B : lighten up! It's the weekend. They're just having a little fun!

放轻松! 今天是周末! 他们只是小小娱乐一下!

Come on, lighten up! It was only a joke.

喂, 别紧张! 这只不过是开玩笑.

Taking a vacation will lighten you from stress.

休假能帮你缓解压力.

He needs to lighten up a little.

他需要放轻松点.

And bird bones are hollow and seem delicate, which should help lighten the load.

鸟类的骨头是中空的,而且看上去很脆, 可以减轻负担.

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• This..leaves the audience's mind..not loaded with pity and fear but lightened of them.

  出自：R. G. Collingwood

• No beam of sun lightened the dull blackness of the clouds.

  出自：F. O