loosened

基本解释

adj. 松的；分散的，疏松的
v. （使）放松；解开；放开（手等）；（使）变弱，松散；使（联系，关系）不那么紧密；使（肠道）在排泄前畅通；放宽（法律，规定等）（loosen 的过去式和过去分词）

In medical schools across Europe, the restrictions on human dissection loosened, opening the floodgates of discovery.
整个欧洲的医学校，人体解剖的限制开始松懈。这打开了发现的闸门。
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，中央银行说道，例如通过出售自己的债券（或票据），它将会迅速吸收大量现金，所以事实上货币政策将不会放松。
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.
她抓住钥匙，几乎从他那松开的手指中夺出来了，但是她的动作使他回到了现实；他很快地恢复过来。

So, nowadays kibbutzim have loosened the rule.
所以时至今日，农场已放宽了某些规定。
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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.