| 词汇 | brightening |
| 释义 | brightening present participle ofbrighten brighten verb[ I or T ] uk /ˈbraɪ.tən/ us /ˈbraɪ.t̬ən/ brightenverb[I or T] (LIGHTER)If the weather brightens, it becomes lighter and less cloudy, with more sun: The day will start cloudy but brighten later. brighten up It was rainy this morning, but it brightened up (= the sun started shining) after lunch.今天早晨下雨，但午饭后天晴了。 to make a place lighter or more colourful: The room was small and dark, without so much as a ray of light to brighten the gloom.房间窄小昏暗，连一丝光线也没有。 brighten something upI used a large red rug to brighten up my living room. Describing good weather anticyclone be set fairidiom bone dryidiom brighten brighten up calm clemency clement cloudless fair fine glorious gloriously mild mildness set settled summery sun shower temperate You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Giving out light The qualities of colour brightenverb[I or T] (HAPPIER)to seem happy or happier, or more full of hope than before: Her eyes brightened when she saw him enter the room.当她看见他进入房间时，眼睛一亮。 brighten up Alex brightened up when he heard the word "dinner". to make someone feel or make a situation seem happier or more full of hope: There are, however, one or two items of good news to brighten the economic picture a bit.然而，总会有一两条好消息让人对经济前景有些希望。 brighten someone/something upSeeing her always brightens up my day. I hoped these flowers might brighten you up. Feeling pleasure and happiness (as) pleased as Punchidiom ASMR be dancing in the streetsidiom be floating on airidiom be full of the joys of springidiom cheery chipper chirpily chirpy chuffed gruntled happily happy camper happy placeidiom jaunty shining sunnily swooning swooningly swoony You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Causing pleasure Examples of brighteningbrightening In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. Future brightening for depression treatments. Duration discrimination of an interval signaled by brightening both at onset and offset is worse by factor of about 2 than when the onset is brightening and the offset darkening. The owners painted the shopping centre pink to try to make people feel that things were brightening up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They have felt they were bringing happiness to hundreds and thousands of old people steeped in despair and anxiety, and brightening their days. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 There are some hundreds of thousands of working-class homes which are badly in need of improvement and brightening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We believe that brightening up the post office will have a psychological effect both on the staff and on the customer. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They make a great contribution to brightening up the home. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is quite a considerable sum, which will be used in the hospitals for entertaining and brightening the time for the patients. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The introduction of the gramophone and gramophone records played a large part in brightening the lives of those children. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The trade outlook is brightening, and as the outlook brightens we must seek to influence expansion into those areas which are in need of work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to congratulate him upon the expenditure of money on brightening post offices and encourage him to go on with the work. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Anything is good enough for a laugh and for brightening us up at this time of night. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The village pub is making money again; the village shops are brightening themselves up. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The general brightening up of the area through lighting undoubtedly helps in crime prevention. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I should like to invite him to my constituency to see many offices which require a great deal of brightening. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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