详细释义
- 衬托
- 使不单调乏味,使有趣
- 救援,救出,救济,救助,将(城镇从敌人的围困中)解围,援救
- 使宽慰,使放心
- <口>偷,窃去
- 使显目,使显著,突出
- 使成浮雕
- 解除(职务)
- 使脱离,解脱
- 供应食品给
- 接班,接防,接替,给...换班,换...的班
- 缓和,缓解,减轻(问题的严重性)
- 调剂
- vt. 缓解,消除,减少 lessen
- vt. 换班,换岗 take a duty from sb as a relief
英英释义
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provide physical relief, as from pain;
"This pill will relieve your headaches"
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free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
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grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
"She exempted me from the exam"
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lessen the intensity of or calm;
"The news eased my conscience"
"still the fears"
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save from ruin, destruction, or harm
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relieve oneself of troubling information
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provide relief for;
"remedy his illness"
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free from a burden, evil, or distress
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take by stealing;
"The thief relieved me of $100"
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grant exemption or release to;
"Please excuse me from this class"
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alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive;
"relieve the pressure and the stress"
"lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents"
双语例句
- The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake.
地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。 - This medicine will relieve your headache.
这药将减轻你的头痛。 - The route was designed to relieve traffic congestion.
这条路是为缓解交通拥挤而开辟的。 - The general was relieved of his command.
将军被解除了指挥权。 - He was relieved of his watch.
他的表被偷走了。
- The doctor often relieve the poor.
那位医生经常救济贫民。 - He devoted himself to relieving the distressed.
他致力于救济受苦受难的人。 - We did what we could to relieve the people in the flood-stricken areas.
我们尽了最大努力救济遭受水灾地区的人民。 - The doctors did their best to relieve the patient.
医生们尽力减轻病人的痛苦。 - He thinks it is his duty to relieve the sickness.
他认为消除疾病是他的职责。 - Tears relieves her.
流泪减轻了她的痛苦。 - The soldiers were sent to relieve the besieged city.
已派了军队去援救那个被围的城市。 - They decided not to count on foreign aid to relieve the famine.
他们决定不依靠外援救灾。 - They could suggest nothing to relieve the crisis.
他们提不出办法来缓和危机。 - Rather than relieving the situation, his action aggravated it.
他的行动不仅没有缓和局势反而加剧了局势。 - His humorous remark relieved the tension in the room.
他讲的那些幽默的话缓和了室内的紧张气氛。 - The good news relieved us.
这个好消息使我们放心了。 - It would relieve my mind if some sort of understanding was reached between us.
如果我们之间能达成某种谅解,我就会宽心了。 - No words can relieve her sorrow.
什么话也不能减轻她的悲痛。 - Shout if you want to, it will relieve your feelings.
要喊你就喊吧,这样你会好受些。 - They can also relieve spasm.
它们还可以治痉挛。 - Can you give me something to relieve my headache?
你能不能给我点药把我的头痛止住? - They are effective in relieving pain.
它们止疼很有效。 - Cool water relieves the pain of minor burns.
凉水可以减轻轻度烧伤的疼痛。 - He will relieve a sickness teacher tomorrow.
他明天要为一个生病的老师代课。
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- Anxiety may be relieved by talking to a friend.
和朋友交谈可以减轻忧虑。 - They were relieved at the news.
听到这一消息,他们放心了。 - She felt relieved at the prospect.
看到这样的前景,她感到宽慰。 - The brown hills are relieved by patches of green.
褐色的小山上点缀着一块块的绿色,显得不那么单调。 - The guard will be relieved at midnight.
这卫兵要到午夜才换班。 - You will be relieved at 12.
在12点钟会有人来替换你。 - The sentry is relieved at regular intervals.
哨兵每隔一段时间就换岗。 - We were relieved to hear that she was out of danger.
听说她脱险了,我们的心才放下来。 - I was relieved to see them back.
看到他们回来我才放心。 - I was relieved to see that he seemed almost himself again.
看到他又恢复理智,我总算放心了。 - She seemed relieved that things were better.
情况好转了,她似乎放心了。 - Mother was relieved that you had come back safely.
你平安归来了,妈妈感到宽慰了。 - Now she looked relieved that she began to talk about her life in the countryside.
这时候她显得轻松了些,开始谈起她在农村的生活。
用法讲解
- relieve的基本意思是“减轻,除去(痛苦、不安)”,指暂时而不是从根本上解除或减轻不愉快的感情、负担或痛苦。引申可表示“解除某人的职务等”。relieve还可作“给…换班”“换岗”解。
- relieve是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。
- relieve接agaist表示“在…的衬托下”,接at表示“因…而感到宽慰”,接from或of表示“免除”“解脱”。
- relieve from, relieve of
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- 这组短语的意思都是“解除”。其区别是:
- 前者指解除或减轻痛苦、忧虑、危险,强调状态; 后者指解脱沉重的负担、包袱等,强调对象。
- relieve, comfort, soothe
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- 这三个词都可表示“安慰”。其区别是:
- comfort指用鼓舞、安慰、希望减少别人的痛苦、伤悲; relieve指能暂时减少些痛苦,以便能容易忍受; soothe意思是缓和痛苦,使其镇静一些。例如:
- He always does what he can to comfort those who are in trouble.
- 他总是尽力去安慰处于困境的人。
- This is a drug that relieves headaches.
- 这是一种减轻头痛的药物。
- He'd got very annoyed about it, and it took all her tact to soothe him down.
- 他对此非常生气,她使出各种乖巧的 方法才使他平静下来。
- relieve, free, release
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- 这组词都有“解除”的意思。其区别是:
- free指使某人或某物从某种限制的情况下解脱出来或释放,后面常跟介词from或of。release指使某人或某物较为具体地摆脱某种限制、束缚或痛苦,例如:
- He released her arm.他放开了她的手臂。
- The missile was automatically released by the computer.这枚导弹是通过计算机自动发射的。
- relieve指解除不愉快的感情或负担等,例如:
- It will relieve them of a tremendous burden.这将给他们解除一个巨大的负担。
- I wanted to relieve myself of these duties as soon as possible.我想尽快从这些责任中解脱出来。
- relieve, allay, alleviate, assuage, lighten, mitigate
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- 这组词都可表示“使某事变得能够忍受或不太严重”。其区别是:
- relieve指减轻负担、灾难、痛苦或恐惧,强调使能忍受或忘却; allay一般指减轻到确实消痛或压惊的地步,但不一定完全消除; alleviate强调暂时或部分地缓解; assuage专指平息或缓和怒气等强烈的情绪,也可指把痛苦减轻到可以忍受的程度; lighten指减轻负荷或重压,从而产生轻松的影响; mitigate指缓和痛苦等的强度,但不一定暗示减轻到可以忍受的程度。
- comfort,console,ease,soothe,relieve
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- 这些动词均含有“给人以帮助以减轻痛苦或悲伤”之意。
- comfort普通用词,指用语言或行动对痛苦者给予鼓励、勇气和力量,从而减轻其痛苦或悲伤,得到安慰。
- console较正式用词,侧重缓和或减轻别人的痛苦或悲伤。
- ease正式用词,指减轻身心的痛苦、不安和忧虑。
- soothe着重以安慰减轻悲痛、愤怒或激动,使人理智地平静下来。也可指药物等减轻病痛。
- relieve指解除或缓解某人的病痛、担心或忧虑等,常用被动态。
- relieve against (v.+prep.)
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在…的映衬下 be in the reflect
relieve sth against sthThe mountain is relieved against the blue sky.
在蓝天的映衬下,这座山轮廓分明。
The picture is relieved against the background.
这幅画有背景衬托分外醒目。
- relieve from (v.+prep.)
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将(某人)免职 dismiss (sb) from (a position, often responsible)
- relieve of (v.+prep.)
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盗取(某人)的(东西) humor to rob (sb) of (sth)
- relieve oneself
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上厕所 pass water or empty the bowels
- relieve the boy's arm of pain 减轻了孩子手臂的疼痛
- relieve economically 经济上减轻
- relieve effectually 有效地减轻
- relieve greatly 大为减轻
- relieve nationally 民族地去除
- relieve painlessly 无痛地除去
- relieve spiritually 精神上减轻
- relieve ultimately 最后解除
- relieve against 在…衬托下
- relieve at 因…感到宽慰
- relieve by 镶在…边上
- relieve sb from 使摆脱,解除
- relieve sb from anxiety 消除某人的忧虑
- relieve ...of 使摆脱,解除
- relieve of sb's command 解除某人的指挥权
- relieve sb of the burden 减轻某人的负担
- relieve with 用…来衬托
相关词汇
- alleviate 减轻
- ease 容易
- mitigate 减轻
- reduce 减少
- release 释放
- substitute for 代替
- replace 取代
- dismiss 开除
- let go 放开, 松手
- sack 袋子
- discharge 排出
- fire 火
- assuage 缓和
- allay 减轻
- exempt 免除的
- free 自由的
- soothe 缓和
- salve 药膏
- comfort 舒适
- remedy 治疗法
- relax 休息
- help 帮助
- spell 拼写
- rid 摆脱
- appease 安抚
- abate 缓和
- unburden 发泄
- disembarrass 使免于受窘
- pacify 使 ... 平静
- aid 援助
- calm 平静的
- lessen 减少
- assist 帮助
- strengthen 加强
- break 打碎
- vary 改变
- respite 暂缓
- shift 移动
- modify 修改
- interrupt 打断
- succour 救助
- support 支持
- redress 赔偿
- diminish 减少
- take 拿
- reinforce 加固
- cure 治疗
- attend 出席
- treat 对待
- doctor 博士
- correct 正确的
- silence 沉默
- satisfy 使满意
- solace 安慰
- lighten 使轻松,变得轻松...
- loosen 松开
- soften (使)变柔和
- set free 释放
- lower 低的
- set 放置
- take over 接收
- let off 放(炮、烟火等)...
- still 静止的
- palliate 减轻
- save 救
- salvage 救助
- unbosom 吐露心事
- console 安慰
- excuse 原谅
- intensify 增强