brightened is brighten's Past Tense

brighten

US [ˈbraɪt(ə)n]
UK ['braɪt(ə)n]
  • v.使发光辉；使活跃；使有希望；使聪明
  • Web照亮；明亮
Simple Present：brightens  Present Participle：brightening  Past Tense：brightened  

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v.
1.
使发光辉,使发亮,擦光,磨亮
2.
使活跃,使快活;使有希望;使聪明
3.
闪耀,发亮,发光
4.
(天)晴;(人)露喜色,快活起来
5.
(前途)有希望
1.
使发光辉,使发亮,擦光,磨亮
2.
使活跃,使快活;使有希望;使聪明
3.
闪耀,发亮,发光
4.
(天)晴;(人)露喜色,快活起来
5.
(前途)有希望

Sample Sentence

Definition:
AllAll,使发光辉使发光辉,使活跃使活跃,使有希望使有希望,使聪明使聪明,照亮照亮,明亮明亮
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1.
An individual who brightened up the office almost daily with his or her positive approach to work no longer displays the same enthusiasm.
谁点亮了一个办公室，几乎与他或她的日常工作，积极的态度不再显示同样的热情个人。
shuí diǎn liàng le yī gè bàn gōng shì , jī hū yǔ tā huò tā de rì cháng gōng zuò , jī jí de tài du bú zài xiǎn shì tóng yàng de rè qíng gè rén 。
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2.
Already the couple has brightened up the place: Pumpkins adorn the front steps, and life has returned to the bedrooms.
夫妇两人已经使房子焕然一新：前门的台阶上装点着南瓜，卧室里也有了生气。
fū fù liǎng rén yǐ jīng shǐ fáng zi huàn rán yì xīn : qián mén de tái jiē shàng zhuāng diǎn zhe nán guā , wò shì lǐ yě yǒu liǎo shēng qì 。
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3.
Then, he astonished me by remarking, as he was preparing to leave, that I had brightened his day.
当乔希准备告辞的时候，他说的话让我很震惊，他说我点亮了他那一天的生活。
dāng qiáo xī zhǔn bèi gào cí de shí hou , tā shuō de huà ràng wǒ hěn zhèn jīng , tā shuō wǒ diǎn liàng le tā nà yī tiān de shēng huó 。
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4.
As the dawn brightened, he was slashing through under-brush deeper and deeper into what he knew was a wide expanse of forest.
天色渐亮的时候，他已经在灌木丛里砍着树枝，深入到一片广袤的森林里去了。
tiān sè jiàn liàng de shí hou , tā yǐ jīng zài guàn mù cóng lǐ kǎn zhe shù zhī , shēn rù dào yī piàn guǎng mào de sēn lín lǐ qù le 。
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5.
Mundane scenes brightened with upbeat details as if polished by a Hollywood script doctor.
平淡的场景被振奋人心的细节照亮，好象被一位好莱坞的脚本医生处理过一样。
píng dàn de chǎng jǐng bèi zhèn fèn rén xīn de xì jié zhào liàng , hǎo xiàng bèi yī wèi hǎo lái wù de jiǎo běn yī shēng chǔ lǐ guò yí yàng 。
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6.
For the old man and woman who took care of him, he brightened his iron ornament glitteringly.
为了照顾他的老头老太太，他把自己身上的铁饰照的闪闪发光。
wèi le zhào gù tā de lǎo tóu lǎo tài tài , tā bǎ zì jǐ shēn shàng de tiě shì zhào de shǎn shǎn fā guāng 。
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7.
in the middle of our meal , the church choir came in and sang us some christmas carols and brightened up the christmas spirit.
吃到一半，教堂唱诗班进来为我们唱了几首圣诞颂歌，点燃了圣诞气氛。
chī dào yí bàn , jiào táng chàng shī bān jìn lái wèi wǒ men chàng le jǐ shǒu shèng dàn sòng gē , diǎn rán le shèng dàn qì fēn 。
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8.
Lots of people find the ever-brightening night annoying, and animals that are programmed to prefer the dark may avoid brightened habitat.
许多人都会觉得持续明亮的夜晚很烦人，而天性喜黑的动物或许也会避开明亮的栖息地。
xǔ duō rén dū huì jué de chí xù míng liàng de yè wǎn hěn fán rén , ér tiān xìng xǐ hēi de dòng wù huò xǔ yě huì bì kāi míng liàng de qī xī dì 。
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9.
The children's faces were brightened up when they saw their parents appear at the gate of the kindergarten.
当孩子们看到家长们出现在幼儿园门口时，都喜形于色。外表，外貌表面，正面
dāng hái zi men kàn dào jiā zhǎng men chū xiàn zài yòu ér yuán mén kǒu shí , dōu xǐ xíng yú sè 。 wài biǎo , wài mào biǎo miàn , zhèng miàn
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10.
It was as Hester said, in regard to the unwonted jollity that brightened the faces of the people.
海丝特说得不错，人们的脸上确实闪耀着非同凡响的欢乐。
hǎi sī tè shuō de bú cuò , rén men de liǎn shàng què shí shǎn yào zhe fēi tóng fán xiǎng de huān lè 。
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