brightens

英 [ˈbraɪtnz]

美 [ˈbraɪtnz]

v.  (使)更明亮，色彩鲜艳; (使)快活起来; (使)增添乐趣，有希望
brighten的第三人称单数

柯林斯词典

• VERB 开颜；露出喜色；快乐起来
  If someonebrightensor their facebrightens, they suddenly look happier.
  1. Seeing him, she seemed to brighten a little...
     看到他后，她似乎露出点儿喜色。
  2. 'Oh, we'd love to!' cried Nancy, her face brightening.
     “哦，我们很乐意！”南希面露喜色，大声说道。
  3. Brighten upmeans the same asbrighten.
     brighten up同brighten
  4. He brightened up a bit.
     他高兴一点儿了。
• VERB （眼睛）发亮，放光
  If your eyesbrighten, you suddenly look interested or excited.
  1. His eyes brightened and he laughed...
     他眼睛一亮，笑了起来
  2. Her tearful eyes brightened with interest.
     她含着泪水的双眼因为好奇而闪闪发亮。
• VERB 使生色；为…增辉添彩
  If someone or somethingbrightensa place, they make it more colourful and attractive.
  1. Tubs planted with wallflowers brightened the area outside the door.
     桂竹香盆栽为门外的景致增色不少。
  2. Brighten upmeans the same asbrighten.
     brighten up同brighten
  3. David spotted the pink silk lampshade in a shop and thought it would brighten up the room.
     戴维在一家商店里发现了这款粉色丝绸灯罩，觉得它会让房间亮丽起来。
• V-ERG （使）好转；（使）变得乐观
  If someone or somethingbrightensa situation or the situationbrightens, it becomes more pleasant, enjoyable, or favourable.
  1. That does not do much to brighten the prospects of kids in the city...
     那并不能使城里孩子们的前途更光明些。
  2. It is undeniable that the economic picture is brightening.
     不可否认经济状况正在好转。
  3. Brighten upmeans the same asbrighten.
     brighten up同brighten
  4. His cheerful face brightens up the dullest of days.
     他的笑脸让最乏味的日子变得充满生气。
• V-ERG 照亮；（使）变明亮
  When a lightbrightensa place or when a placebrightens, it becomes brighter or lighter.
  1. The sky above the ridge of mountains brightened...
     山脊上方的天空变得明亮起来。
  2. The late afternoon sun brightened the interior of the church.
     傍晚的太阳照亮了教堂内部。
• VERB （天气）放晴
  If the weatherbrightens, it becomes less cloudy or rainy, and the sun starts to shine.
  1. By early afternoon the weather had brightened.
     中午刚过，天就放晴了。
  2. Brighten upmeans the same asbrighten.
     brighten up同brighten
  3. Hopefully it will brighten up, or we'll be coming back early.
     希望天会放晴，否则我们就要提早回来。

双语例句

• The decor barely brightens even when you enter the offices of "The Cool Japan Promotion Strategy Programme".
  即便走进“酷日本推广战略项目”办公室，室内装饰也让人打不起精神。
• True Love Lightens Mind, Beauty in Literature Brightens Life& on the Instructive Value and Realization of Literature
  真情挚爱照亮心灵，文学之美陶冶人生&论文学的教育价值及其实现
• Looks at the color information in each channel and brightens the base color to reflect the blend color by increasing the brightness.
  查看每个通道中的颜色信息，并通过增加亮度使基色变亮以反映混合色。
• You're like snow in the winter, Which brightens me up while you're here.
  你像冬日的白雪，来到我身边将我照亮。
• Meanwhile, the sun brightens the far north and the polar bears come out of hibernation.
  而此时此刻，地球另一端的北极，新生的北极熊宝宝从冬眠的洞穴中钻出了脑袋。
• When the electric circuit brings about overload short circuit, the utility model can cut off the power automatically and cut off the electricity supply, and the indicating light brightens to indicate.
  该装置可取代传统的保险丝和闸刀开关，集电路保险、短路指示、开关三功能的组合。
• In short, the Incandescence channel brightens ( or, in some special circumstances, darkens) the way the color channel is evaluated during the render.
  简而言之，白炽通道变亮颜色通道的方式是在渲染中评估的。
• She brightens up my day.
  她使我的日子过得很快乐。
• He is more at ease when discussing the company than himself, and brightens visibly, for instance, when the conversation moves on to abstract notions such as the effect of information networks on the evolution of organisations.
  相比于谈论他自己，谈论公司更让他感到自在&显然还很愉快，例如当谈话转向信息网络对公司发展的影响等抽象概念时。
• On Chinese stamps it is out of imagination to have something like US brightens the world on the US stamps.
  在中国邮票上出现美国邮票上诸如“美国照耀全世界”这样的字眼是不可想像的。