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relax1 verb Relax! Everything will be OK. 别着急！一切都会好的。relax your muscles/grip 放松你的肌肉；松开手relax ♦︎ calm down ♦︎ pull yourself together ♦︎ coolThese words all mean to become calmer. 这些词均表示冷静下来、镇定。PATTERNS AND COLLOCATIONS 句型和搭配◆things calm down / cool off■ relax [intransitive] to become calmer and less worried 冷静；放心；镇定◆I'll only relax when I know you're safe.只有知道你安然无恙我才会放心。◆Relax! Everything will be OK.别着急！一切都会好的。 see also relax ⇨ rest verb ■ ˌcalm ˈdown phrasal verb to become calm 平静；镇静；冷静◆Look, calm down! We'll find her.喂，镇静一点！我们会找到她的。◆We waited until things calmed down.我们等着，直到一切都恢复了平静。NOTE 辨析 Relax or calm down?People can relax; people or a situation can calm down. To relax is to stop feeling worried. Calm down is more about behaviour than feelings: you may still feel worried, but you manage to behave in a calm way in spite of your feelings. * relax可指人精神放松，calm down可指人或局势平静下来。relax指不再担心，calm down更侧重行为表现而非感受－可能仍感到担心，但设法以冷静的方式行事，而不受当时情感的影响。■ ˌpull yourself toˈgether phrasal verb to take control of your feelings and behave in a calm way 使自己镇定自若；使自己冷静下来◆Stop crying and pull yourself together.别哭了，振作起来。■ cool [intransitive] to become calmer, less excited or less enthusiastic 冷静下来；镇静下来；冷淡下来◆I think we should wait until tempers have cooled.我认为我们应该等到怒火平息了再说。◆Relations between them have definitely cooled (= they are not friendly with each other as they were).他们之间的关系明显冷淡了。◆Let things cool off for a while.让事情冷静一段时间。◆I think you should wait until she's cooled down a little.我想你应该等她冷静一点。ⓘ Tempers, passions and relations can cool; things can cool off; people can cool down. * cool的主语可以是temper、passion和relations，cool off的主语可以是things，cool down的主语是人。 |