英语词汇“relief”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

relief

(rɪliːf )

Word forms: reliefs

1. variable noun [oft a NOUN] B2

If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.

I breathed a sigh of relief.

The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities. [+ to]

To his relief a loud knock on the door spared him from giving an explanation.

It's a relief to get out of the office once in a while.

Synonyms: ease, release, comfort, cure

2. uncountable noun

If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress.

This brought considerable relief from the pain.

...a self-help programme which can give lasting relief from the torment of hay fever. [+ from]

Synonyms: rest, respite, let-up [informal], relaxation

3. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun, noun NOUN]

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.

Relief agencies are stepping up efforts to provide food, shelter and agricultural equipment.

...famine relief.

4. countable noun [usually NOUN noun]

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.

No relief drivers were available.

Synonyms: replacement, cover, supply, reserve

5. countable noun

A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface. [technical]

6. See also bas-relief, tax relief

Quotations:

For this relief much thanksWilliam ShakespeareHamlet

Collocations:

blessed relief

Yet her death still comes as a blessed relief.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

The final whistle brought blessed relief for the visiting team.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

For these men, forgetting their past would be a blessed relief.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

great relief

She said of the threat being lifted:'This will come as a great relief to patients.

The Sun (2016)

It was a great relief to pilots and ground crew when, by the end of the month, the airfield was virtually closed down as a fighter base.

Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003)

It's a great relief to have won.

The Sun (2009)

injunctive relief

Injunctive relief might restrain a threatened breach of contract but not, save very exceptionally, an attempt to enforce a contractual right, still less a statutory right.

Times,Sunday Times

Accordingly, the claimants were not entitled to injunctive relief to compel her to comply with that clause and not to continue with her claim before the employment tribunal.

Times, Sunday Times

The remedies of injunctive relief and damages act as such censorship and must be convincingly justified.

Times, Sunday Times

He becomes merely another citizen who can constitutionally be brought before a court by a party seeking injunctive relief.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The court may still grant the plaintiff declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees and costs.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

light relief

It had been a grim day with little light relief.

ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003)

And the story about the fat hedgehog provided some light relief.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

But such moments of light relief were few and far between.

The Sun (2010)

palpable relief

There was palpable relief in the room.

Times, Sunday Times (2013)

At the final whistle the sense of relief was palpable.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

The relief was palpable in many voting centres, and there was a holiday atmosphere across the capital.

Times, Sunday Times (2012)

relief of suffering

Why must the relief of suffering, in this unprecedentedly prosperous world, rely on the whims of citizens and the appeals of pop stars and comedians?

Outlook India

It was a small action in a life of service, but a large one in terms of the advancement of science and the relief of suffering.

Times, Sunday Times

As the eleemosynarius was obliged to seek out the sick and needy in the neighborhood, each monastery became a center for the relief of suffering.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Both share historical and structural features in emphasizing the relief of suffering in the here and now.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

relief sculpture

Seventy-six centimetres tall, it was the first cubist openwork relief sculpture, designed to hang on a wall.

The Times Literary Supplement

The spaces between the triglyphs contained metopes, sometimes painted or decorated with relief sculpture.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Relief sculpture and/or painting were created as the structures were built.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

They appear as relief sculpture and in the round.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

The design of the stamp replicates the memorial, the largest high relief sculpture in the world.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

sense of relief

I was just so pleased for him and there was the sense of relief to see him slide over.

The Sun (2018)

This brought Jeffrey an enormous sense of relief, then a feeling of disgust at his own cowardice.

Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2002)

It's made me devious and dishonest because I will do anything to find a way to pluck hairs and get that sense of relief.

The Sun (2013)

It was with a sense of relief that the film was edited and given its local premiere.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

At the final whistle the sense of relief was palpable.

Times, Sunday Times (2007)

sharp relief

The challenge of striking new trade alliances was thrown into sharp relief last week.

Times, Sunday Times (2016)

The ridges of the dunes are sharply defined with sinuous, snaking curves in their profiles, which are thrown into sharp relief by shadow.

Times, Sunday Times (2015)

A moment of clarity, a detail, the world unexpectedly thrown into sharp relief.

Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004)

sheer relief

I spent the subsequent three days in my pyjamas, from sheer relief.

Times, Sunday Times

He has been through the wringer in the past few weeks and his reaction was one of sheer relief.

The Sun

I can't help but laugh too, with sheer relief.

The Sun

One reason that night was such a success was the sheer relief people felt that it was any good at all.

Times, Sunday Times

The sheer relief that you could work harder and keep a fair share of your income was a spur to innovation.

Times, Sunday Times

short-term relief

It could offer short-term relief but any long-term plans are unlikely to be made in the run-up to next year's election.

Times, Sunday Times

They are all maladaptive ways of coping that offer short-term relief but create more entrenched difficulties.

Times, Sunday Times

They may give short-term relief from a blocked nose but if used long term can make matters worse.

Times, Sunday Times

A separate package of measures will be included in the budget to provide more short-term relief.

Times,Sunday Times

Analysts argued, though, that the deal could provide short-term relief for its shareholders.

Times, Sunday Times

stark relief

It's all too common, and certainly throws into stark relief what you wore to bed that night.

Times, Sunday Times

It throws into stark relief the problems of modern democracy.

Times, Sunday Times

Unfortunately, this most stupendous of buildings throws the barren monumental park over which it reigns into even more stark relief.

Times, Sunday Times

Yet, against that backdrop, acts of tolerance, kindness and sacrifice stand in stark relief.

Times,Sunday Times

His recent engagement has also thrown the dangers into stark relief.

Times, Sunday Times

sweet relief

So it was a sweet relief to watch this fine bunch of aeronauts and nod with approval.

Times, Sunday Times

For a time at least six miked voices exploring vocal harmonics and a single chord offered sweet relief from the earlier ruckus.

Times, Sunday Times

For so many, not just us huddled at home watching, that crash may come as sweet relief.

Times, Sunday Times

The final whistle was sweet relief.

Times, Sunday Times

At least he wasn't bantering, which was some sweet relief.

Times, Sunday Times

symptom relief

However, patients taking pelargonium saw an 80% progressive symptom relief over the same period.

Times, Sunday Times

It's a further sign that as a society we rely on symptom relief for health issues, rather than fixing the underlying problem.

Times, Sunday Times

Often, sitting the patient up and dangling legs over the bedside can reduce blood pressures below dangerous levels and provide partial symptom relief.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Antihistamines and decongestants can provide significant symptom relief although they do not cure hay fever.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

In more advanced disease stages, brachytherapy can be used as palliative treatment for symptom relief from pain and bleeding.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

symptomatic relief

Use it for one week to provide symptomatic relief and support; for longer-term restoration, continue for one to three months.

Times, Sunday Times

Topical steroids provided some symptomatic relief but were ineffective in clearing bacteria from the eyelids.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Corticosteroids have also been used for symptomatic relief.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

Curettage enabled rapid symptomatic relief and induced remission, with little risk of complications.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

For symptomatic relief from itching, oral antihistamines or any soothing lotions like calamine lotion or zinc oxide may be used.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

tears of relief

She left court weeping 'tears of relief' that he was not given bail.

The Sun

A concert pianist burst into tears of relief when his summer tour was cancelled.

Times,Sunday Times

Then there were cheers, champanskiand tears of relief.

Times, Sunday Times

I wept with tears of relief, gratitude, and hope.

Christianity Today

Many struggled to hold back tears of relief.

The Sun

temporary relief

What purpose, beyond the temporary relief offered by the slowing or suppression of the rate of new infections, would his shutdown serve?

Times,Sunday Times

This may provide temporary relief, but the friction and heat caused has been linked to a condition called keratoconus, when the cornea becomes misshapen.

Times, Sunday Times

They end up getting temporary relief from their heartache by manipulating their relationships with others.

The Sun

New laws will offer temporary relief to those struggling to make repayments and give them time to seek advice on how to manage their repayments.

Times, Sunday Times

High-cost credit may seem to offer temporary relief and a way to pay bills.

The Sun

the relief was short-lived

The army arrived that year, bringing peace, but the relief was short-lived.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Gemma is found alive, but the relief is short-lived as the prognosis isn't good.

The Sun (2014)

The relief may be short-lived, with the Unite union planning to apply to the Court of Appeal today, to overturn the ruling.

Times, Sunday Times (2010)

tremendous relief

Although this vault had been fl ooded during the war, the jewellery had survived relatively unscathed, which was a tremendous relief.

Times, Sunday Times

A tremendous relief comes from being able to unmask the secret and find out maybe it wasn't so bad after all.

Christianity Today

It was a moment of tremendous relief.

Christianity Today

It must have been a tremendous relief, yet still wouldn't have helped him to pull on the bars when climbing.

Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0

welcome relief

There is no doubt that this is welcome relief for families and businesses across the country.

Times, Sunday Times (2011)

The half-time whistle was a welcome relief for the hosts.

The Sun (2014)

It was freezing but a welcome relief from the heat.

Times, Sunday Times (2009)

Translations:

Chinese: 减轻

Japanese: 安心

单词	relief
释义	relief (rɪliːf ) Word forms: reliefs 1. variable noun [oft a NOUN] B2 If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening. I breathed a sigh of relief. The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities. [+ to] To his relief a loud knock on the door spared him from giving an explanation. It's a relief to get out of the office once in a while. Synonyms: ease, release, comfort, cure 2. uncountable noun If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress. This brought considerable relief from the pain. ...a self-help programme which can give lasting relief from the torment of hay fever. [+ from] Synonyms: rest, respite, let-up [informal], relaxation 3. uncountable noun [oft NOUN noun, noun NOUN] 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. Relief agencies are stepping up efforts to provide food, shelter and agricultural equipment. ...famine relief. 4. countable noun [usually NOUN noun] 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. No relief drivers were available. Synonyms: replacement, cover, supply, reserve 5. countable noun A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface. [technical] 6. See also bas-relief, tax relief Quotations: For this relief much thanksWilliam ShakespeareHamlet Collocations: blessed relief Yet her death still comes as a blessed relief. Times, Sunday Times (2009) The final whistle brought blessed relief for the visiting team. Times, Sunday Times (2013) For these men, forgetting their past would be a blessed relief. Times, Sunday Times (2010) great relief She said of the threat being lifted:'This will come as a great relief to patients. The Sun (2016) It was a great relief to pilots and ground crew when, by the end of the month, the airfield was virtually closed down as a fighter base. Patrick Bishop FIGHTER BOYS: Saving Britain 1940 (2003) It's a great relief to have won. The Sun (2009) injunctive relief Injunctive relief might restrain a threatened breach of contract but not, save very exceptionally, an attempt to enforce a contractual right, still less a statutory right. Times,Sunday Times Accordingly, the claimants were not entitled to injunctive relief to compel her to comply with that clause and not to continue with her claim before the employment tribunal. Times, Sunday Times The remedies of injunctive relief and damages act as such censorship and must be convincingly justified. Times, Sunday Times He becomes merely another citizen who can constitutionally be brought before a court by a party seeking injunctive relief. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The court may still grant the plaintiff declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and attorneys' fees and costs. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 light relief It had been a grim day with little light relief. ONE HUNDRED DAYS (2003) And the story about the fat hedgehog provided some light relief. Times, Sunday Times (2012) But such moments of light relief were few and far between. The Sun (2010) palpable relief There was palpable relief in the room. Times, Sunday Times (2013) At the final whistle the sense of relief was palpable. Times, Sunday Times (2007) The relief was palpable in many voting centres, and there was a holiday atmosphere across the capital. Times, Sunday Times (2012) relief of suffering Why must the relief of suffering, in this unprecedentedly prosperous world, rely on the whims of citizens and the appeals of pop stars and comedians? Outlook India It was a small action in a life of service, but a large one in terms of the advancement of science and the relief of suffering. Times, Sunday Times As the eleemosynarius was obliged to seek out the sick and needy in the neighborhood, each monastery became a center for the relief of suffering. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Both share historical and structural features in emphasizing the relief of suffering in the here and now. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 relief sculpture Seventy-six centimetres tall, it was the first cubist openwork relief sculpture, designed to hang on a wall. The Times Literary Supplement The spaces between the triglyphs contained metopes, sometimes painted or decorated with relief sculpture. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Relief sculpture and/or painting were created as the structures were built. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They appear as relief sculpture and in the round. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The design of the stamp replicates the memorial, the largest high relief sculpture in the world. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 sense of relief I was just so pleased for him and there was the sense of relief to see him slide over. The Sun (2018) This brought Jeffrey an enormous sense of relief, then a feeling of disgust at his own cowardice. Karin Slaughter BLINDSIGHTED (2002) It's made me devious and dishonest because I will do anything to find a way to pluck hairs and get that sense of relief. The Sun (2013) It was with a sense of relief that the film was edited and given its local premiere. Times, Sunday Times (2009) At the final whistle the sense of relief was palpable. Times, Sunday Times (2007) sharp relief The challenge of striking new trade alliances was thrown into sharp relief last week. Times, Sunday Times (2016) The ridges of the dunes are sharply defined with sinuous, snaking curves in their profiles, which are thrown into sharp relief by shadow. Times, Sunday Times (2015) A moment of clarity, a detail, the world unexpectedly thrown into sharp relief. Mark Mills AMAGANSETT (2004) sheer relief I spent the subsequent three days in my pyjamas, from sheer relief. Times, Sunday Times He has been through the wringer in the past few weeks and his reaction was one of sheer relief. The Sun I can't help but laugh too, with sheer relief. The Sun One reason that night was such a success was the sheer relief people felt that it was any good at all. Times, Sunday Times The sheer relief that you could work harder and keep a fair share of your income was a spur to innovation. Times, Sunday Times short-term relief It could offer short-term relief but any long-term plans are unlikely to be made in the run-up to next year's election. Times, Sunday Times They are all maladaptive ways of coping that offer short-term relief but create more entrenched difficulties. Times, Sunday Times They may give short-term relief from a blocked nose but if used long term can make matters worse. Times, Sunday Times A separate package of measures will be included in the budget to provide more short-term relief. Times,Sunday Times Analysts argued, though, that the deal could provide short-term relief for its shareholders. Times, Sunday Times stark relief It's all too common, and certainly throws into stark relief what you wore to bed that night. Times, Sunday Times It throws into stark relief the problems of modern democracy. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, this most stupendous of buildings throws the barren monumental park over which it reigns into even more stark relief. Times, Sunday Times Yet, against that backdrop, acts of tolerance, kindness and sacrifice stand in stark relief. Times,Sunday Times His recent engagement has also thrown the dangers into stark relief. Times, Sunday Times sweet relief So it was a sweet relief to watch this fine bunch of aeronauts and nod with approval. Times, Sunday Times For a time at least six miked voices exploring vocal harmonics and a single chord offered sweet relief from the earlier ruckus. Times, Sunday Times For so many, not just us huddled at home watching, that crash may come as sweet relief. Times, Sunday Times The final whistle was sweet relief. Times, Sunday Times At least he wasn't bantering, which was some sweet relief. Times, Sunday Times symptom relief However, patients taking pelargonium saw an 80% progressive symptom relief over the same period. Times, Sunday Times It's a further sign that as a society we rely on symptom relief for health issues, rather than fixing the underlying problem. Times, Sunday Times Often, sitting the patient up and dangling legs over the bedside can reduce blood pressures below dangerous levels and provide partial symptom relief. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Antihistamines and decongestants can provide significant symptom relief although they do not cure hay fever. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 In more advanced disease stages, brachytherapy can be used as palliative treatment for symptom relief from pain and bleeding. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 symptomatic relief Use it for one week to provide symptomatic relief and support; for longer-term restoration, continue for one to three months. Times, Sunday Times Topical steroids provided some symptomatic relief but were ineffective in clearing bacteria from the eyelids. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Corticosteroids have also been used for symptomatic relief. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Curettage enabled rapid symptomatic relief and induced remission, with little risk of complications. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 For symptomatic relief from itching, oral antihistamines or any soothing lotions like calamine lotion or zinc oxide may be used. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 tears of relief She left court weeping 'tears of relief' that he was not given bail. The Sun A concert pianist burst into tears of relief when his summer tour was cancelled. Times,Sunday Times Then there were cheers, champanskiand tears of relief. Times, Sunday Times I wept with tears of relief, gratitude, and hope. Christianity Today Many struggled to hold back tears of relief. The Sun temporary relief What purpose, beyond the temporary relief offered by the slowing or suppression of the rate of new infections, would his shutdown serve? Times,Sunday Times This may provide temporary relief, but the friction and heat caused has been linked to a condition called keratoconus, when the cornea becomes misshapen. Times, Sunday Times They end up getting temporary relief from their heartache by manipulating their relationships with others. The Sun New laws will offer temporary relief to those struggling to make repayments and give them time to seek advice on how to manage their repayments. Times, Sunday Times High-cost credit may seem to offer temporary relief and a way to pay bills. The Sun the relief was short-lived The army arrived that year, bringing peace, but the relief was short-lived. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Gemma is found alive, but the relief is short-lived as the prognosis isn't good. The Sun (2014) The relief may be short-lived, with the Unite union planning to apply to the Court of Appeal today, to overturn the ruling. Times, Sunday Times (2010) tremendous relief Although this vault had been fl ooded during the war, the jewellery had survived relatively unscathed, which was a tremendous relief. Times, Sunday Times A tremendous relief comes from being able to unmask the secret and find out maybe it wasn't so bad after all. Christianity Today It was a moment of tremendous relief. Christianity Today It must have been a tremendous relief, yet still wouldn't have helped him to pull on the bars when climbing. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 welcome relief There is no doubt that this is welcome relief for families and businesses across the country. Times, Sunday Times (2011) The half-time whistle was a welcome relief for the hosts. The Sun (2014) It was freezing but a welcome relief from the heat. Times, Sunday Times (2009) Translations: Chinese: 减轻 Japanese: 安心
随便看	galvanized galvanized steel gambit gamble gamble pays off gambler gambling gambling addiction gambling habit gambling operations gambling revenue gambling taxes gambling venue gambol game game a system game attendance game bird game-changer game-changing game day game demo game face gamekeeper gamely