1removal of anxiety/pain焦慮的消解;痛苦的消除ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIEF | RELIEF + VERB | RELIEF + NOUN | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤considerable, deep, enormous, great, huge, immense, intense, overwhelming, tremendous相當大的寬慰;極大的寬慰▸➤certain某種寬慰◇The news of his appointment was received with a certain relief by most people.他獲任命的消息使大多數人都鬆了口氣。➤sheer徹底的解除▸➤complete完全的解除▸➤short-lived, short-term, temporary短期的/短暫的/暫時的解除◇The drugs only provided temporary relief from the pain.藥物只是短時間內緩解了疼痛。➤fast, immediate, instant迅速/立即/馬上解除▸➤evident, obvious, palpable明顯解除◇She smiled with evident relief.她笑了,明顯鬆了口氣。◇Their relief at the news was palpable.聽到這個消息他們明顯鬆了口氣。➤blessed, much-needed, sweet, welcome令人愉悅的/非常需要的/愉快的/可喜的緩解▸➤pain止痛◇The injection gives complete pain relief.這一針可以完全止痛。➤symptom, symptomatic (bothmedical醫學) 症狀緩解◇Your doctor can give you symptomatic relief, but there is no cure.你的醫生可以幫你緩解症狀,但無法根治你的病。➤stress緩解壓力◇Exercise is good for stress relief.鍛煉有助於緩解壓力。VERB + RELIEF➤bring (sb), give (sb), offer (sb), provide (sb with)給(某人)帶來緩解;給(某人)以寬慰◇Morning brought no relief from the heat.早晨也不涼快。➤come as作為寬慰到來◇The news came as a welcome relief to Bobby.這一消息讓博比頗感欣慰。➤seek尋求寬慰◇She sought relief in vodka.她靠伏特加酒消愁。➤find, get找到緩解的方法;得到緩解◇He found relief from his fears in a world of fantasy.他在幻想的世界裏得以消除恐懼。➤experience, feel體驗放鬆;感到寬慰◇I felt enormous relief when he walked through the door.他一跨進門我就放心多了。➤sense覺察到放鬆◇She could sense his relief when she said she wouldn't be leaving.她說不會離開時,她感覺到他如釋重負。➤express顯示出輕鬆RELIEF + VERB➤come寬慰來自⋯◇He believes that relief only comes from helping others with their suffering.他相信只有幫助他人擺脫痛苦才會感到寬慰。➤flood through sb, sweep over sb, wash over sb使某人頓感輕鬆◇Relief flooded through me as the plane landed safely.飛機安全着陸時我頓時放鬆了。RELIEF + NOUN➤valve (especially NAmE) 解除閥◇a pressure relief valve壓力解除閥PREPOSITION➤in relief放鬆◇She smiled in relief.她舒心地笑了。➤out of relief放鬆地◇He hugged her out of sheer relief.他如釋重負地擁抱了她一下。➤to your relief令人感到寬慰的是◇To my great relief, she didn't notice that anything was wrong.謝天謝地,她沒意識到有什麼不對勁兒。➤with relief寬心地◇He sighed with relief.他如釋重負地舒了口氣。➤relief at因⋯而放鬆◇relief at not having been made a fool of因沒遭到愚弄而感到慶幸➤relief from⋯的解除◇relief from hunger擺脫飢餓➤relief to對⋯是個寬慰◇The news was a huge relief to her.對她來說,這個消息是莫大的安慰。PHRASES➤a cry of relief, a sigh of relief, tears of relief如釋重負的大叫/歎息/淚水◇He breathed a sigh of relief.他如釋重負地鬆了一口氣。➤a sense of relief, a wave of relief寬慰感;一陣寬慰relief
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2food/money/medicine given to people in need救濟品ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIEF | RELIEF + NOUNADJECTIVE➤humanitarian人道主義救援▸➤disaster, emergency災難救濟品;緊急救援物資▸➤famine, flood, hurricane, tsunami饑荒/水災/颶風/海嘯救濟品➤short-term短期救濟品◇We need long-term solutions as well as short-term emergency relief.我們既需要短期的緊急救援物資,也需要長久的解決方案。VERB + RELIEF➤give sb, provide (sb with), send (sb)給予某人救災物資;提供(給某人)救災物資;(向某人)發送救援物資◇The organization provides emergency famine relief.該組織提供饑荒緊急救濟品。RELIEF + NOUN➤work救災工作◇She said that the fighting has halted almost all relief work in the area.她說戰爭使這一地區所有的救災工作基本上都中斷了。➤effort, operation救災努力/行動◇There was a huge international relief effort to bring help to the stricken area.國際社會大力幫助受災地區。➤package, programme/program一攬子救災計劃;救援方案◇Congress has agreed an $11 million relief package for victims of the hurricane.國會通過了向颶風災民提供 1,100 萬美元的一攬子救濟計劃。➤aid, supplies救災援助;救濟品▸➤agency, fund, organization救援機構;救濟基金;救援組織▸➤worker救援工作者▸➤convoy, flight救護隊;救援飛機relief
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3reduction in the amount of tax, etc. you have to pay減稅ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIEF | RELIEF + VERBADJECTIVE➤debt, interest, tax債務/利息/稅金的減免◇the abolition of mortgage interest relief按揭利息減免的取消VERB + RELIEF➤get, obtain, receive得以減免;獲得減免◇You can get income tax relief for gifts to charity. (BrE) 向慈善組織贈物可以獲得所得稅減免。➤grant准許減免▸➤be entitled to, qualify for有權/有資格獲減免▸➤apply for, claim, seek (all especially BrE) 申請/要求/尋求減免RELIEF + VERB➤be available可獲得減免◇No tax relief is available in respect of this loss.這項虧損未獲稅額減免。relief
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4sth interesting that replaces sth boring調劑ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIEF | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤light輕鬆時刻▸➤comic滑稽時刻VERB + RELIEF➤give (sb), provide (sb with)讓(某人)放鬆一下;給(某人)以調劑◇The scene provided some comic relief for the audience.這一喜劇場面讓觀眾得到一些調劑。PREPOSITION➤for relief為了調劑◇The comical characters are brought into the story for a little light relief.在故事中添加這些滑稽角色是為了起一點兒輕鬆調劑的作用。PHRASES➤a moment of relief輕鬆一刻relief
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5way of decorating wood, stone, etc.裝飾方法ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIEF | RELIEF + NOUN | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤high高浮雕◇The scene has been carved in high relief.這一佈景是採用高浮雕手法雕刻而成的。➤bas, low淺浮雕▸➤carved雕刻而成的浮雕➤bronze, marble, plaster, etc.青銅、大理石、石膏等浮雕➤classical, Greek, Roman, etc.古典、希臘、羅馬等浮雕VERB + RELIEF➤carve (sth) in將(⋯)雕刻成浮雕RELIEF + NOUN➤carving, sculpture浮雕雕刻▸➤panel浮雕板PREPOSITION➤in relief用浮雕◇a sculpture in high relief高浮雕作品relief
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6making sth noticeable使顯眼ADJECTIVE | VERB + RELIEFADJECTIVE➤bold, sharp, stark格外醒目;極為鮮明VERB + RELIEF➤bring sth into, throw sth into (oftenfigurative) 使⋯分明;令⋯顯露;使⋯凸現◇The proximity of the wealthy suburb to the squatter camp throws the plight of the squatters into even sharper relief.貧民區靠近富裕的市郊,使得棚戶區的貧困境況更加觸目驚心。➤stand out in形成鮮明對比◇The snow-capped mountains stood out in sharp relief against the blue sky.在藍天的襯托下,白雪皚皚的山巒更顯明麗。
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