1. 寬慰;安心;欣慰;解脫 If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.
relief的解釋
e.g. I breathed a sigh of relief... 我如釋重負地松了口氣。 e.g. The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities... 這個(gè)消息會(huì )讓法國當局大大松一口氣。
2. (疼痛或苦痛的)解除，免除，減輕，緩解 If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress.
e.g. This brought considerable relief from the pain. 這相當大地緩解了疼痛。 e.g. ...a self-help programme which can give lasting relief from the torment of hay fever. 可以持續緩解枯草熱病痛的自助項目
3. 救濟;救援物資 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.
e.g. Relief agencies are stepping up efforts to provide food, shelter and agricultural equipment. 救濟機構正加大力度提供食物、住所和農用器械。 e.g. ...famine relief. 饑荒救濟
4. 代班人;換班工人 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.
e.g. No relief drivers were available. 找不到代班司機。
5. 浮雕 A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface.
relief的翻譯
6. see also: bas-relief;tax relief
relief英英釋義
noun
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