| 词组 | lighten up |
| 释义 | lighten up 1. lighten up sth • lighten sth up • lighten up to make something look lighter or to become lighter: ▪ White walls would certainly lighten up the room. ▪ Outside the sky was just beginning to lighten up. 2. lighten sth up • lighten up sth to make something less serious and more enjoyable: ▪ The film script was too depressing so we've tried to lighten it up a little. ▪ Is the atmosphere at work boring? Here are a few ways in which you can lighten things up. 3. lighten up spoken informal to behave in a less serious way and be more relaxed and friendly with other people: ▪ Dad's so tense all the time. I wish he'd lighten up a little. ■ SIMILAR TO: relax, not take things so seriously |
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