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第三人称单数：relieves 现在分词：relieving 过去分词：relieved v.+n. relieve stress,relieve pressure,relieve tension,relieve burden,relieve distress v. ease,release,alleviate,reduce,mitigate 1. | ~ sth 解除，减轻，缓和（不快或痛苦）to remove or reduce an unpleasant feeling or pain |
| to relieve the symptoms of a cold 减轻感冒的症状 | | to relieve anxiety/guilt/stress 消除焦虑╱内疚；缓解压力 | | Being able to tell the truth at last seemed to relieve her. 最后能够讲出真话似乎使她感到轻松。 |
2. | ~ sth 减轻（问题的严重性）；缓和；缓解to make a problem less serious |
| efforts to relieve poverty 缓解贫困的努力 | | to relieve traffic congestion 缓解交通拥堵 |
3. | ~ sth 调剂；使有趣to make sth less boring, especially by introducing sth different |
| We played cards to relieve the boredom of the long wait. 长时间等待实在无聊，我们就打扑克来解闷儿。 | | The black and white pattern is relieved by tiny coloured flowers. 五彩缤纷的小花使得黑白图案不那么单调。 |
4. | ~ sb 接替；给…换班to replace sb who is on duty |
| | | You'll be relieved at six o'clock. 六点钟有人来换你的班。 |
5. | ~ sth 将（城镇从敌人的围困中）解围to free a town, etc. from an enemy army that has surrounded it |
6. | ~ yourself （去厕所的一种委婉说法）方便，解手a polite way of referring to going to the toilet |
| I had to relieve myself behind a bush. 我只好在树丛后面方便了一下。 |
v. | 5. 使调班[换班],使(哨兵、卫兵等)交班休息;免除(职务),免职 5. 使调班[换班],使(哨兵、卫兵等)交班休息;免除(职务),免职 | n. | |
v. | 1. to end, lessen, or provide a temporary break from something unpleasant such as pain, hunger, tension, or boredom 2. to replace somebody on a shift or at a job 3. to dismiss or suspend somebody from a job or position 4. to remove something such as a burden or difficulty from the person on whom it is imposed 5. to make something stand out by contrast 6. to take something from somebody, usually something that the person is carrying or wearing 7. to take something or things away from somebody either by force of the law or by illegal means 8. to provide help to people who are temporarily unable to care for themselves 9. to liberate a besieged town, castle, fort, or strategic field position 10. to make pain or another bad physical feeling less unpleasant 1. to end, lessen, or provide a temporary break from something unpleasant such as pain, hunger, tension, or boredom 2. to replace somebody on a shift or at a job 3. to dismiss or suspend somebody from a job or position 4. to remove something such as a burden or difficulty from the person on whom it is imposed 5. to make something stand out by contrast 6. to take something from somebody, usually something that the person is carrying or wearing 7. to take something or things away from somebody either by force of the law or by illegal means 8. to provide help to people who are temporarily unable to care for themselves 9. to liberate a besieged town, castle, fort, or strategic field position 10. to make pain or another bad physical feeling less unpleasant |
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