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单词 relieve
释义
relieve
verb
uk
/rɪˈliːv/us
/rɪˈliːv/

relieveverb(MAKE BETTER)

C2[T]
to make anunpleasantfeeling, such aspainorworry, lessstrong:
缓解，减轻，解除（疼痛或担忧）；使宽心，使宽慰
She was given ashotofmorphineto relieve thepain.医生给她注射了一针吗啡来止痛。
She relieved herboredomathomebylearninghow totype.她在家学打字来打发无聊的时光。
[T]
toimproveanunpleasantsituation:
缓和，缓解（令人不快的局势）
Newtollroadscouldhelprelievecongestionon otherroutes.新建的收费道路可以帮助缓解其他道路的拥堵情况。
More examples
  • Rubbingdockleavesonnettlestingshelpsto relieve thepain.
  • Theroutinewas the same everyday, with nothing to relieve themonotony.
  • There must be some way you can relieve thepain.
  • Thiscreamrelieves theswellingcausedbyinsectstings.
  • Theyremovedthebloodclotinorderto relieve thepressureon herbrain.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Becoming and making less strong
  • abate
  • abatement
  • adulterate
  • adulterated
  • adulteration
  • decline
  • emasculation
  • enervate
  • enervating
  • enfeeble
  • enfeebled
  • fade
  • hedge
  • melt
  • sink
  • totter
  • tottering
  • turn to jellyidiom
  • wane
  • waste away
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Making things better

relieveverb(HELP)

[T]
toproviderelieffor abadsituationor forpeoplein need:
救济；救援；救助
emergencyfoodaidtohelprelieve thefamine为了救济饥民而提供的紧急食品援助
[T]
to take theplaceof someone andcontinuedoingtheirjoborduties:
接替；换…的班；替下
I'm ondutyuntil 2 p.m. and then Peter is coming to relieve me.我要值班到下午两点，两点以后彼得就会来换班。
[T]formal
tofreeaplacethat has beensurroundedby anenemyarmybymilitaryforce:
将（某地从敌人的围困中）解围；解救
Anarmouredbattalionwassentto relieve thebesiegedtown.那个城市被困，一个装甲营被派去解围。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Making things better
  • add salt tosomethingidiom
  • allay
  • alleviate
  • alleviation
  • ameliorate
  • cultivate
  • leavening
  • liven(something)up
  • lubricate
  • make a differenceidiom
  • make a world of differenceidiom
  • remedial
  • revamp
  • revitalize
  • revivify
  • revolutionize
  • salvage
  • salve
  • sharpen
  • tonic
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Replacing and exchanging
Attacking & invading

relieveverb(URINATE)

relieve yourself
polite wordforurinate:
撒尿，排尿（urinate 的礼貌性说法）
Heproceededto relieve himself against atree.他走到一棵树旁小解。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Animal physiology: urine & urinating
  • accident
  • bathroom
  • be caught/taken shortidiom
  • call
  • call of natureidiom
  • diuretic
  • excrete
  • excretion
  • go to the bathroomidiom
  • leak
  • micturition
  • pass
  • short
  • tinkle
  • tumulus
  • uric
  • urinate
  • water
  • waterworks
  • wetyourpantsidiom
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Phrasal verb

relievesomeoneofsomething
(Definition ofrelievefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

relieve| American Dictionary

relieve
verb[T]
us
/rɪˈliv/

relieveverb[T](LESSEN PAIN)

to make somethingbadorpainfullesssevere:
Theadditionto theschoolwill relieveovercrowding.
She was givenmorphineto relieve thepain.
To relieve yourself is toexcreteurine.

relieveverb[T](REPLACE)

toarriveor come inorderto take theplaceof anotherperson:
Theguardis relieved at 6 p.m. by thenightwatchman.

Phrasal verb

relievesomeoneofsomething
(Definition ofrelievefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

relieve| Business English

relieve
verb[T]
uk
/rɪˈliːv/us
to takeactiontoimproveadifficultsituation:
IfChinaand otherAsianeconomieslettheircurrenciesrise, this willrelievepressureon theeuro.
Thecampaignhasfallenshortofitsgoalof relieving theburdenofunsustainabledebton thepoorestcountries.
relieve aburden/strain
relieve congestion/overcrowdingOpening theroutetotruckerswould relievecongestionon other roadways.

Phrasal verb

relieve sb of sth
(Definition ofrelievefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofrelieve

relieve
Besides, poverty may diminish his importance in the eyes of his parishioners, especially if he cannotrelievethem in their distress.
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The safety of this method, its efficiency torelievethe valve obstruction are established.
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The nominal rate of tax fluctuated between 1s and 4s in the early eighteenth century, as governments tried torelievethe burden in peace time.
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In the setting of cancer, physical distress needs to be relieved before psychological or existential suffering can be attended to.
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This approach relieves the problems existing in a bottom-up approach and those in a top-down approach.
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The first three months of 1842 alone saw them relieving over 10,000 casuals, at a cost of nearly £2,000.
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Indeed, given a physician's obligation torelievea patient's pain, such acts are at times obligatory.
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The politics of the poor rate implied the exclusion of poor strangers in the interests of relieving the ancient settled poor.
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For instance, when physicians prepare to disconnect a ventilator, they often administer pain relieving medications to the patient in amounts that may hasten death.
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The carnival erased social conventions by rendering them meaningless, and this 'decontextualization' relieved individuals from responsibility for their actions.
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The left lateral position can improve fetal blood -ow by relieving aortocaval compression.
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By contrast, the political ambivalence between relieving distress and controlling threats and inefficiency has persisted throughout.
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The reason they would be motivated to do this is that such speculation couldrelievetheir psychological distress.
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However, the extent to which these nutrients limit crop yields, and the role organic inputs may play in relieving them, are poorly documented.
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Its reticence coincided with the introduction of a government bill torelieveagricultural distress through the cultivation of urban fringe wastelands.
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