及物动词使（某物）更明亮
不及物动词减轻; 点亮
及物动词
1. More lamps will lighten the gloomy room.
多点几盏灯会照亮那间阴暗的房间。
2. He lightened his bag by taking out some books.
他从包中取出几本书以减轻重量。
3. Touches of humor lightened the lecture.
几分幽默使演讲变得生动了。
不及物动词
1. It thundered and lightened.
雷电交作。
2. Her heart lightened when she heard the news.
她听到那消息，心情就变得愉快了。
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.
e.g. The sky began to lighten...
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 someone lightens a situation, they make it less serious or less boring.
e.g. Anthony felt the need to lighten the atmosphere...
安东尼觉得有必要缓和一下气氛。
e.g. 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。
3. lighten什么意思
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.
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 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。
4. 使变轻
If you lighten 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 something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
相关词组：lighten up
1. lighten什么意思
1. It would also lighten the burden on people with credit card debt and mortgages that have adjustable rates.
2. They will try to wear down the US army and lighten the pressure of direct strike on Baghdad.
3. lighten的意思
3. The escorts were forced to get off to lighten the load and follow the carriages on foot as the procession inched across the bridge.
4. To help lighten the mood and make students forget about upcoming exams, many male teachers at a school in Chongqing municipality wore long skirts and danced.
5. Then there are the long poles with which people carry all manner of heavy objects in an effort to lighten backbreaking loads.
6. Medical practitioners of Pingnan county have injected human immune globin to curb contract of the disease and lighten the symptoms of the patients.
7. The latest package to cope with Greece's insolvency offers a bond buyback to lighten the country's debt burden.
8. lighten的解释
8. They need kaleidoscopic views of society to lighten up their routine and relax.
9. United spokesman Mike Trevino said Tuesday that the Boeing 767 dumped fuel as a safety precaution to lighten its weight on landing.
10. " Spring is the time to lighten up, " says Brooke.
verb
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: brighten lighten up
4. become more cheerful
e.g. after a glass of wine, he lightened up a bit
Synonym: lighten up buoy 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 up buoy up