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a. 令人感到轻松的

  1. I find stamp collecting relaxing and it takes my mind off my work.
    我觉得集邮是一种休息,因为它可以使我的注意力从工中移去。
  2. His muscles relaxed.
    他的肌肉松弛了。


relaxing
[ adj ]
affording physical or mental rest
<adj.all>
she spent a restful night at home


Relax \Re*lax"\ (r?-l?ks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relaxed}
(-l?kst"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relaxing}.] [L. relaxare; pref.
re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See
{Lax}, and cf. {Relay}, n., {Release}.]
1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid,
tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to
relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews.

Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. --Milton.

Nor served it to relax their serried files.
--Milton.

2. To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency
of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or
effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention
or endeavors.

The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed
by the legislature. --Swift.

3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to
recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.

4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an
aperient relaxes the bowels.

Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease;
unbend; divert.

  1. Addressing a Lithuanian festival, Bush challenged the Soviet Union to make good on its reforms toward openness by relaxing its grip on the nations it occupied after World War II.
  2. Secretary of State George P. Shultz took time off Sunday from his busy 10-day Latin American tour for golf and a relaxing boat ride.
  3. Bush made the comments when asked if he was willing to consider relaxing the longstanding trade restraints in light of the recent democratic movements sweeping Eastern Europe.
  4. State Department spokesman Charles Redman said Monday that the United States is relaxing some trade, travel and diplomatic restrictions against North Korea in support of efforts by South Korea to promote greater stability in the area.
  5. Trebek, relaxing in the living room of his hillside bachelor home, is wearing a pair of well-worn blue jeans and an old blue jacket he got for participating in the Bill Cosby celebrity tennis tournament in 1975.
  6. The announcement also comes just weeks after the relaxing by Western nations of high-technology export controls.
  7. Flynn and Police Commissioner Francis M. Roache on Thursday claimed Washington is relaxing handgun controls and drug enforcement and rehabilitation programs just when tougher measures are needed.
  8. Someone who's never participated in foot rubbing just wouldn't know how relaxing it is." Elsey admitted, however, that he had never discussed his love for foot rubbing in public before.
  9. Although a few Republicans in Congress concur with the idea of relaxing the deficit target, others are eager to hold the Democrats' feet to the fire.
  10. The European Commission, the EEC's governing body, has been gradually relaxing these restrictions.
  11. As Clayton Hipp, professor of business law at Clemson University, suggests, federal securities law provides one of many models for relaxing the burden of proof on a plaintiff alleging fraud.
  12. More than 250 people attended a school board meeting in March 1986 and most stood in unison to signify their opposition to relaxing the rule.
  13. These are among many key features that encourage investment and, in my judgment, represent a move to expand beyond Cameroun's historical trading partners without relaxing its interest in continuing business with them.
  14. Shall I see whether my water-skiing technique has survived a three-year gap or go for something more relaxing, like a seaweed wrap?
  15. "When I leave here, I'd like to have the pins of all 64 countries at the Olympics," he says while relaxing, just for a moment.
  16. In light of the Felix Bloch case and the new allegations of possible spying, do you think it's time to begin relaxing our controls on technology? Bush: I don't want to send technology to the Soviet Union that will enhance their military capabilities.
  17. He planned to spend Saturday night and most of Sunday relaxing at his father's ranch in McAllen, before heading to Houston for more campaigning.
  18. The report in Jornal do Brasil came as Shultz arrived in Rio de Janeiro to spend the weekend relaxing before continuing his 10-day Latin American tour Monday.
  19. They've been out on the street so long that that's more relaxing to them." Betch set up an advisory board of officials from 18 agencies, including shelters, soup kitchens, legal aid and the mayor's office.
  20. We have a bunch more sitting on racks still to be planted." In the meantime, some loyal oystermen like 75-year-old Fenton Anderson of Port Norris have been "just relaxing" during the MSX crisis.
  21. President Bush was spending the weekend relaxing at his oceanfront summer home here, but he and national security adviser Brent Scowcroft were kept abreast of the attempted coup, a spokeswoman said.
  22. The deregulation will remove the final barriers for the movement of foreign currency, which the government has been gradually relaxing for several years, and bring Sweden into line with Europe's plan to eliminate currency restrictions by 1992.
  23. Some FDA critics say relaxing the agency's current system will risk releasing potentially poisonous or worthless drugs.
  24. As the recent DPP victories further attest, there is no question that the KMT has been slowly relaxing its authoritarian grip.
  25. Their brother, Jose, showed four photographs of Marco and Leni in their soccer uniforms _ they played together on the Falcons club in the Bronx _ and relaxing at home.
  26. After days of unrest and bloodshed in Kosovo province, the officers were relaxing with their automatic weapons, sniper rifles and tear gas canisters at their sides.
  27. Asthma patients suffer from constriction of bronchial passages that causes wheezing and shortness of breath. Bronchodilators provide immediate relief by relaxing muscles to help open up the passages.
  28. Other expected provisions include relaxing restrictions on high-tech exports and reversing U.S. opposition to loans and loan guarantees from the International Monetary Fund and World Bank.
  29. The State Department says the new Romanian government may have earned the right to lower tariffs for exports to the United States by relaxing emigration restrictions and moving toward a multiparty system.
  30. "It's much quieter than Blackpool," says Margaret, relaxing in a deck chair on the cracked, concrete patio.
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