名词
1. 宽慰;安心;欣慰;解脱
If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
2. (疼痛或苦痛的)解除，免除，减轻，缓解
If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress.
3. 救济;救援物资
Relief is money, food, or clothing that is provided for people who are very poor, or who have been affected by war or a natural disaster.
4. 代班人;换班工人
A relief worker is someone who does your work when you go home, or who is employed to do it instead of you when you are sick.
5. 浮雕
A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface.
6. see also: bas-relief;tax relief
1. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
e.g. he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain
Synonym: easingeasementalleviation
2. the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
e.g. he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta
3. aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
e.g. he has been on relief for many years
4. assistance in time of difficulty
e.g. the contributions provided some relief for the victims
Synonym: succorsuccourministration
5. sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
Synonym: relievorilievoembossmentsculptural relief
6. a change for the better
Synonym: easingmoderation
7. the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
e.g. as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
Synonym: alleviationassuagement
8. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
e.g. the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
Synonym: stand-insubstituterelieverbackupbackup manfill-in
9. (law) redress awarded by a court
e.g. was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?
10. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
e.g. he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
Synonym: ease
11. a pause for relaxation
e.g. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
Synonym: respiterestrest period