lighten/ˋlaItṇ; ˈlaItn/v 1 [T] to reduce the amount of work, worry, debt etc that someone has 减轻﹐减少〔工作量﹑焦虑﹑债务等〕﹔缓和: The new computers should lighten our workload . 这些新电脑应该能减轻我们的工作量。2 [I,T] to become brighter, or to make something become brighter(使)变亮﹐(使)明亮: As the sky lightened , we could see where we were. 天色渐亮﹐我们能看清楚身处何地了。lighten up phr v informal to become less serious or strict【非正式】变轻松﹐放松下来
lightenlightenlightenslightenedlighteningverb (lightens, lightening, lightened)to become lighter or to make something lighter in colour or weightlighten up (informal) to become happier or less worried about something