| 单词 | relief |
| 释义 | Word Frequency relief(rɪˈliːf) noun 1. a feeling of cheerfulness or optimism that follows the removal of anxiety, pain, or distress I breathed a sigh of relief 2. deliverance from or alleviation of anxiety, pain, distress, etc 3. a. help or assistance, as to poor, needy, or distressed people b. (as modifier) relief work 4. short for tax relief 5. something that affords a diversion from monotony 6. a person who replaces or relieves another at some task or duty 7. a bus, shuttle plane, etc, that carries additional passengers when a scheduled service is full 8. a road (relief road) carrying traffic round an urban area; bypass 9. a. the act of freeing a beleaguered town, fortress, etc the relief of Mafeking b. (as modifier) a relief column 10. Also called: relievo, rilievo sculpture, architecture a. the projection of forms or figures from a flat ground, so that they are partly or wholly free of it b. a piece of work of this kind 11. a printing process, such as engraving, letterpress, etc, that employs raised surfaces from which ink is transferred to the paper 12. any vivid effect resulting from contrast comic relief 13. variation in altitude in an area; difference between highest and lowest level a region of low relief 14. mechanical engineering the removal of the surface material of a bearing area to allow the access of lubricating fluid 15. law redress of a grievance or hardship to seek relief through the courts 16. European history a succession of payments made by an heir to a fief to his lord: the size of the relief was determined by the lord within bounds set by custom 17. on relief Word origin C14: from Old French, from relever to raise up; see relieve |
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