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VERB
放寬，放松（限制、法律等）
If someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe.
例句
Many business groups have been pressing the Federal Reserve to loosen interest rates...
不少企業集團一直在向聯邦儲備委員會施壓，要求其放松利率管制。
Drilling regulations, too, have been loosened to speed the development of the fields.
鉆探條例亦已放寬，以加速油田的開發。
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V-ERG
（使）（關系）弱化（或疏遠）
If someone or something loosens the ties between people or groups of people, or if the ties loosen, they become weaker.
例句
The Federal Republic must loosen its ties with the United States...
聯邦共和國必須疏遠其與美國的關系。
The deputy leader is cautious about loosening the links with the unions...
該政黨的二把手對疏遠與工會之間關系一事態度謹慎。
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V-ERG
解開；松開；變松
If you loosen your clothing or something that is tied or fastened or if it loosens, you undo it slightly so that it is less tight or less firmly held in place.
例句
He reached up to loosen the scarf around his neck...
他伸手松了松脖子上的圍巾。
Loosen the bolt so the bars can be turned...
松一松插銷，好轉動門閂。
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VERB
使松弛
If you loosen something that is stretched across something else, you make it less stretched or tight.
例句
Insert a small knife into the top of the chicken breast to loosen the skin.
在雞胸上方插進一把小刀，以使雞皮不要繃得太緊。
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V-ERG
松（手）
If you loosen your grip on something, or if your grip loosens, you hold it less tightly.
例句
Harry loosened his grip momentarily and Anna wriggled free...
哈里的手稍一放松，安娜便掙脫出來。
When his grip loosened she eased herself away.
他緊抓她的手松了一下，她便抽身而出。
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V-ERG
放寬，放松（控制）
If a government or organization loosens its grip on a group of people or an activity, or if its grip loosens, it begins to have less control over it.
例句
There is no sign that the Party will loosen its tight grip on the country...
沒有跡象顯示該黨會放松對國家的嚴密控制。
The Soviet Union's grip on Eastern Europe loosened.
蘇聯對東歐的控制已經放松。
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PHRASE
使打開話匣；使嘴不嚴
If you say that something has loosened someone's tongue, you mean that it has made them talk about something, often when they should have remained silent.
例句
The wine had loosened his tongue.
酒一下肚，他便打開了話匣。