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

• Who's always telling me to loosen up.
  常常告诉我要放松自己。
• They can rigidify or help loosen up your thinking.
  用词可能僵化你的思维或者有助于放松你的思维。
• We should never loosen up on the rules for family planning.
  计划生育工作放松不得。
• 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。
• I wonder how we can help Karen loosen up and be a little more tolerant of common human flaws.
  我在想我们怎么样才能让凯伦更放松一些，对一般人常有的缺点能够更容忍一点。
• I mean, sweetheart, you gotta loosen up a little bit.
  我是说，亲爱的，你得稍微放松一点。
• Let yourself loosen up so that your personality can shine.
  让你自己放松，这样能展现出最好的自己。
• He was tough and well-organized, but he also knew when to loosen up.
  他很坚强，做事也很有条理，但是，他也懂得到什么时候得放松一下。
• We got to make him* Loosen up on james.
  我们得让他放过詹姆斯。
• Before he ran, he did some stretches to loosen up.
  在跑步之前他做了一些伸展运动来活动筋骨。