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

reliefrelief /rɪˈlif/ ●●○ W3 noun

ETYMOLOGYrelief

Origin: 1300-1400 Old French relever; ➔ RELIEVE

COLLOCATIONS► sense of relief

I felt a great sense of relief when the test came back negative.

► To ... relief

To our relief, the deal went though without any problems.

► What a relief

What a relief to finally get away from the office.

► give/heave/breathe a sigh of relief

She heaved a sigh of relief when he finally answered the phone.

► with relief

He smiled with relief when he saw us.

► That’s a relief

“Mike says he’s too busy to come.” “That’s a relief.”

► it is a relief to do something

It was a relief to finally get home.

► pain relief

The drugs are used for pain relief.

► disaster/earthquake/flood etc. relief

The group is raising money for famine relief.

► in high/low relief

(=sticking out a lot or a little)

1COMFORT [singular, uncountable] a feeling of comfort or happiness when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened: I felt a great sense of relief when the test came back negative. To our relief, the deal went though without any problems. What a relief to finally get away from the office.give/heave/breathe a sigh of relief She heaved a sigh of relief when he finally answered the phone. He smiled with relief when he saw us. “Mike says he’s too busy to come.” “That’s a relief.”it is a relief to do something It was a relief to finally get home.2REDUCTION OF PAIN [uncountable] the reduction of pain or unhappy feelings: relief from A spa can provide relief from everyday stresses.relief of the relief of human suffering The drugs are used for pain relief.3HELP [uncountable] money, food, clothes, etc. given to people who need them: disaster/earthquake/flood etc. relief The group is raising money for famine relief. relief supplies a relief worker4TAX/DEBT [uncountable] a reduction in money owed to someone, such as the government: tax relief5REPLACEMENT [countable] a person or group of people who begin working in order to finish a job which someone else started: a relief pitcher6MONEY [uncountable] old-fashioned money given by the government to help people who are poor, old, unemployed, etc.7DECORATION [countable] a shape or decoration that is raised above the surface it is on → see also bas-relief8in relief a)a shape or decoration that is in relief sticks out above the rest of the surface it is on: in high/low relief (=sticking out a lot or a little) b)if you show a part of the Earth’s surface on a map in relief, you show the differences in height between different parts of it9bring/throw something into (sharp/stark) relief to make something bad or unpleasant much more noticeable10FREEING A TOWN [uncountable] formal the act of freeing a town when it has been surrounded by an enemy → see also comic relief at comic1 (2)

单词	relief
释义	reliefrelief /rɪˈlif/ ●●○ W3 noun Etymology ETYMOLOGYrelief Origin: 1300-1400 Old French relever; ➔ RELIEVE Collocations COLLOCATIONS► sense of relief I felt a great sense of relief when the test came back negative. ► To ... relief To our relief, the deal went though without any problems. ► What a relief What a relief to finally get away from the office. ► give/heave/breathe a sigh of relief She heaved a sigh of relief when he finally answered the phone. ► with relief He smiled with relief when he saw us. ► That’s a relief “Mike says he’s too busy to come.” “That’s a relief.” ► it is a relief to do something It was a relief to finally get home. ► pain relief The drugs are used for pain relief. ► disaster/earthquake/flood etc. relief The group is raising money for famine relief. ► in high/low relief (=sticking out a lot or a little) 1COMFORT [singular, uncountable] a feeling of comfort or happiness when something frightening, worrying, or painful has ended or has not happened: I felt a great sense of relief when the test came back negative. To our relief, the deal went though without any problems. What a relief to finally get away from the office.give/heave/breathe a sigh of relief She heaved a sigh of relief when he finally answered the phone. He smiled with relief when he saw us. “Mike says he’s too busy to come.” “That’s a relief.”it is a relief to do something It was a relief to finally get home.2REDUCTION OF PAIN [uncountable] the reduction of pain or unhappy feelings: relief from A spa can provide relief from everyday stresses.relief of the relief of human suffering The drugs are used for pain relief.3HELP [uncountable] money, food, clothes, etc. given to people who need them: disaster/earthquake/flood etc. relief The group is raising money for famine relief. relief supplies a relief worker4TAX/DEBT [uncountable] a reduction in money owed to someone, such as the government: tax relief5REPLACEMENT [countable] a person or group of people who begin working in order to finish a job which someone else started: a relief pitcher6MONEY [uncountable] old-fashioned money given by the government to help people who are poor, old, unemployed, etc.7DECORATION [countable] a shape or decoration that is raised above the surface it is on → see also bas-relief8in relief a)a shape or decoration that is in relief sticks out above the rest of the surface it is on: in high/low relief (=sticking out a lot or a little) b)if you show a part of the Earth’s surface on a map in relief, you show the differences in height between different parts of it9bring/throw something into (sharp/stark) relief to make something bad or unpleasant much more noticeable10FREEING A TOWN [uncountable] formal the act of freeing a town when it has been surrounded by an enemy → see also comic relief at comic1 (2)
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