loosen up

1. PHRASAL VERB 放松；（情况）缓和
   If a person or situation loosens 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。
2. PHRASAL VERB-ERG （使）（肌肉）松弛；（使）做准备活动
   If you loosen up your body, or if it loosens 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。

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。
4. 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。
5. Close your eyes. Relax. Let your body loosen up.
   闭上眼睛。放松。让身体尽量松弛。
6. The officials have been instructed to loosen up on the rules for admitting people into the country.
   官员们接到指示，放宽入境规定。
7. I must take some exercise and loosen up my muscles.
   我必须运动一下，放松放松肌肉。
8. Don't be so rigid; loosen up!
   办事别那么死板，心眼儿放活泛点儿。
9. We should never loosen up on the rules for family planning.
   计划生育工作放松不得。
10. Breathe deeply, lower your shoulders, and loosen up before you start to speak.
    深呼吸，肩膀下沉，说话之前先放松身体。
11. These new policies will loosen up foreign trade.
    这些新政策将放松对外贸易。
12. 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。
13. I loosen up with a few exercise before the match.
    比赛前我做了一些准备活动。
14. Even tech and finance people tend to loosen up at these events, so introduce yourself to a few.
    就算是做科技和金融的职员在这些场合中也会放松，所以向一些人介绍自己吧。
15. 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。
16. We got to make him* Loosen up on james.
    我们得让他放过詹姆斯。
17. You should try to loosen up a little.
    你应该试试放松一点。
18. I've had a tough day, though, and I need to loosen up.
    我今天过的很糟，我需要轻松下。
19. Who's always telling me to loosen up.
    常常告诉我要放松自己。
20. You've got to learn to loosen up at company socials.
    你得学会在公司的工作圈子里（绪）松一些。
21. Loosen up, or I shall have to find other ways of making you talk.
    别吞吞吐吐的，否则我就只好找另外的方法使你和盘托出。
22. 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。
23. She did a few stretches to loosen up her muscles.
    她做了一些伸展运动来活动肌肉。
24. Got John to loosen up a bit last night.
    昨晚我让约翰放松了一下。
25. This really helps loosen up the mucus so she can breathe more easily.
    浴室里的热气帮助女儿减轻了鼻塞，这样她呼吸起来容易多了。
26. 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。
27. Your shoes will loosen up with wear.
    你的鞋穿穿就会松的。
28. 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。
29. I mean, sweetheart, you gotta loosen up a little bit.
    我是说，亲爱的，你得稍微放松一点。

verb

1. cause to feel relaxed
   1. A hot bath always relaxes me

   Synonym:    relaxunstrainunlaxunwindmake relaxed

2. 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

3. make one's body limber or suppler by stretching, as if to prepare for strenuous physical activity

   Synonym:    limber upwarm up

4. cause to become unblocked
   1. The medicine unstuffed my nose in minutes!

   Synonym:    unstuff

5. 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