relief1
KK: [rɪˈlif]
DJ: [riˈliːf]
n.
- (痛苦,負擔等的)緩和,減輕;解除[U][S1][(+of/from/on)]
The pills gave her some
relief.
藥片減輕她一些痛苦。
- 輕鬆,寬心,慰藉[U][S1]
Hearing the news, he breathed a sigh of
relief.
一聽到消息,他如釋重負地鬆了口氣。
- 救濟;補助;解救[U]
- 救濟物品,救濟金[U]
Relief was flown to the flood-hit areas.
救濟物品被空運到洪水泛濫區。
- (對單調或緊張的)調劑;消遣[U][S1]
- 解圍[U][(+of)]
- 替換,接替[U]
The
relief driver has got here.
接班的司機已經到了。
- 替換者,接班者[C]
- 【軍】接防部隊[the S][G]
片語
to sb.'s relief
- 使某人鬆了一口氣
Much
to my relief, he is safe now.
他現在沒事了,我大大鬆了一口氣。
辨析
relief2
KK: [rɪˈlif]
DJ: [riˈliːf]
n.
- 浮雕[U]
The young man carved a figure in low
relief.
這個年輕人刻了一座淺浮雕人像。
- 浮雕作品[C]
- (繪畫中的)凸現[U][(+against)]
- 輪廓分明,對比鮮明[U][(+from/against)]
His integrity stood out in
relief from the corruption of certain officials.
某些官員腐化墮落,相形之下他的廉正更引人矚目。
- 地勢的起伏[U]
- 【印】凸版印刷[U]
n.
- the alleviation or removal of pain, anxiety, or distress.
▸a feeling or cause of relief.
▸
(usu. light relief)
a temporary break in a generally tense or tedious situation.
- financial or practical assistance given to those in special need or difficulty.
- a person or group of people replacing others who have been on duty.
▸Brit. an extra vehicle providing supplementary public transport at peak times or in emergencies.
- the raising of a siege on a town.
- distinctness due to being accentuated.
- a method of moulding, carving, or stamping in which the design stands out from the surface, to a greater (high relief) or lesser (low relief) extent.
▸a representation of relief given by an arrangement of line, colour, or shading.
Etymology
ME: from OFr., from relever ‘raise up, relieve’, from L. relevare ‘raise again, alleviate’; sense 6 via Fr. from Ital. rilievo, from rilevare ‘raise’.