| 单词 | relieve |
| 释义 | relieve[ri'li:v]vt. 减轻, 救济, 解除, 使免除, 换...的班, 使得到调剂, 使不单调, 衬托, 使显著vi. 救济, 当替补投手, 呈鲜明突出【医】 缓减, 减轻相关词组:relieve sb of sth relieve re.lieve AHD: [r¹-l¶v“] D.J. [r!6li8v]K.K. [r!6liv]v.tr.（及物动词） re.lieved,re.liev.ing,re.lieves 1. To cause a lessening or alleviation of:减缓：导致…的减轻或缓和：relieved all his symptoms; relieved the tension.减轻了他的所有症状；缓和紧张局面2. To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.免于痛苦：脱离痛苦，焦虑或者苦恼3. To furnish assistance or aid to.救济：为…提供帮助或援助4. To rescue from siege.弛缓：从围困解救出来5. To release (a person) from an obligation, a restriction, or a burden, as by law or legislation.解除义务：解除（一个人的）义务，限止或负担，如通过法律或立法方式解除6. To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.使替班：用提供或充当替代物的方式从特定的义务中解脱出来7. To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant:给予变化：使变得较不乏味，较不单调或较不令人不快：Only one small candle relieved the gloom.只要有一支小小的蜡烛就能增添朦胧的意境8. To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.使醒目：通过比较变得突出或印象深刻的；衬托出9. Informal To rob or deprive:【非正式用语】 抢劫或掠夺：Pickpockets relieved him of his money.扒手偷走了他的钱习惯用语:relieve oneself To urinate or defecate.排泄：小便或大便语源:1. Middle English releven 中古英语 releven 2. from Old French relever 源自 古法语 relever 3. from Latin relev³re 源自 拉丁语 relev³re 4. re- [re-] re- [前缀，表“后退”] 5. lev³re [to raise] * see leg wh- lev³re [提高] *参见 leg wh- 继承用法:reliev“able adj.（形容词）reliev“er n.（名词）参考词汇:1. relieve,allay,alleviate,assuage,lighten,mitigate,palliate2. All of these verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable.Torelieve is to ease and make more endurable something causing discomfort or distress: 所有这些动词意味着使某事变得不太严重或更可忍受。Relieve 指缓解或使造成不快或压抑的某事变得可以忍受： “The counselor relieved her fears” (Sir Walter Scott).“顾问消除了她的恐惧” （瓦尔特·施科特爵士）。3. Allay suggests relief at least for the time being from what is burdensome or painful: Allay 意味着至少是暂时从造成负担或痛苦的事物中解脱出来： “This music crept by me upon the waters,/Allaying both their fury and my passion/With its sweet air” (Shakespeare).“在水面音乐爬上我的心头/平息了他们的愤怒和我的热情/用它甜美的声音” （莎士比亚）。4. Alleviate connotes temporary lessening of distress without removal of its cause: Alleviate 指短暂的减轻压抑而没有解决其根源： “What shall assuage the unforgotten pain/And teach the unforgetful to forget?” (Dante Gabriel Rossetti).“什么会抚慰不能忘却的痛苦/并且让无法忘怀的人学会遗忘?” （但丁·加布利亚尔·罗塞蒂）。5. Lighten in this comparison signifies to make less heavy or oppressive: Lighten 在这种比较中指使变得不太沉重或不太压抑： Congress endeavored to lighten the taxpayers' burden.国会努力减轻纳税人的负担。6. Mitigate andpalliate connote moderating the severity, force, or intensity of something that causes suffering: Mitigate 和palliate 都意味着减弱造成痛苦的事物严重性、力量或强度： “His well-known financial ability made men turn to him in the hour of distress, as of all statesmen the most fitted to palliate it” (William E.H. Lecky).“他广为人知的融资能力使得人们在痛苦的时候向他求助，就象最合适的政治家来减轻它一样” （威廉E·H·勒凯） |
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