loosened

基本解釋

adj. 松的；分散的，疏松的
v. （使）放松；解開(kāi)；放開(kāi)（手等）；（使）變?nèi)酰缮?；使（?lián)系，關(guān)系）不那么緊密；使（腸道）在排泄前暢通；放寬（法律，規(guī)定等）（loosen 的過(guò)去式和過(guò)去分詞）

In medical schools across Europe, the restrictions on human dissection loosened, opening the floodgates of discovery.
整個(gè)歐洲的醫(yī)學(xué)校，人體解剖的限制開(kāi)始松懈。這打開(kāi)了發(fā)現(xiàn)的閘門(mén)。
However, the central bank says it will soak up the cash, for instance by selling instruments of its own, so that monetary policy will not in fact be loosened.
然而，中央銀行說(shuō)道，例如通過(guò)出售自己的債券（或票據(jù)），它將會(huì)迅速吸收大量現(xiàn)金，所以事實(shí)上貨幣政策將不會(huì)放松。
She snatched at the instrument, and half succeeded in getting it out of his loosened fingers: but her action recalled him to the present; he recovered it speedily.
她抓住鑰匙，幾乎從他那松開(kāi)的手指中奪出來(lái)了，但是她的動(dòng)作使他回到了現(xiàn)實(shí)；他很快地恢復(fù)過(guò)來(lái)。

So, nowadays kibbutzim have loosened the rule.
所以時(shí)至今日，農(nóng)場(chǎng)已放寬了某些規(guī)定。
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The usual FDA bottleneck could be loosened with the first incorporation into a bonafide drug.
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To that end, Najib has loosened the quota system that has limited foreign ownership.
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He loosened the pants up with little punches and soon had one leg partly out.
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If someone loosens restrictions or laws, for example, they make them less strict or severe.
loosening
If someone or something loosens the ties between people or groups of people, or if the ties loosen, they become weaker.
If you loosen your clothing or something that is tied or fastened, you undo it slightly so that it is less tight or less firmly held in place.
If you loosen your grip on something, or if your grip loosens, you hold it less tightly.
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.