Lighten
[ 'laɪtn ]
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vt. 使（某物）更明亮;
vi. 点亮;减轻;
💡 词根助记
light光亮+en表动词 → 发亮
📝 例句
Pretty soon it darkened up and begun to thunder and lighten.
一会儿天阴得很黑；紧跟着就是打雷打闪。
The boat began to lighten, and no fresh wave swamped us.
船轻点了，风浪也没有再来与我们为难。
When the storm ended the sky lightened.
暴风雨过去后,天空变得明亮了。
The crew threw everything movable overboard to lighten the plane.
为了减轻飞机重量，机上的人员把一切可以移动的东西都扔出机舱。
If you want to lighten the weight, just you little eat bread.
如果你想减轻体重，你就少吃面包。
✅ 同义词
🔴 反义词
📖 牛津释义
lighten
v[I, Tn]
1 (cause sth to) become lighter in weight （使某物）变轻
lighten a burden, cargo, pack, etc 使负担、 货物、 包装等变轻.
2 (cause sth to) be relieved of care or worry （使某事物）令人放心, 解除忧虑
My mood gradually lightened. 我的心情慢慢轻松起来.
lighten sb's duties 减轻某人的责任.
🔁 扩展释义
*['laitn]vt. 照亮, 点亮, 减轻, 使轻松, 闪出vi. 发亮, 打闪, 变轻【机】 减轻, 照亮, 发光
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It seems she was in class on Friday afternoon, but no one has seen her since.
好象她星期五还在教室，但从那以后没人看见过她。
Struggling in a world of silence and darkness, I must have appeared to them to be simple.
在寂静无声、漆黑一片世界里挣扎，在他们看来，我一定是头脑简单了。
The secret lies in the title of the book which he wrote about his early life, The story of my experiments with truth.
秘密在于他写的那本关于他自己早期生活的《我体验真理的故事》一书。