relief
n. 寬慰,解脫; 減輕; 救濟; 輕鬆場面; 接替人; 解圍; 浮雕; 醒目; 突出品質
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...
我如釋重負地鬆了口氣。
The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities...
這個訊息會讓法國當局大大鬆一口氣。
If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress.
This brought considerable relief from the pain.
這相當大地緩解了疼痛。
...a self-help programme which can give lasting relief from the torment of hay fever.
可以持續緩解枯草熱病痛的自助專案
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.
救濟機構正加大力度提供食物、住所和農用器械。
...famine relief.
饑荒救濟
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.
找不到代班司機。
A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface.
1. the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced;
2. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress);
3. (law) redress awarded by a court;
4. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult);
5. assistance in time of difficulty;
6. a pause for relaxation;
7. a change for the better
8. aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped;
9. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance);
10. sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
11. the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged;
comfort, ease, leisure, relaxation, relief, rest
這些名詞均含"舒適,安逸,悠閒"之意。
in relief
(藝術)浮雕的,凸雕的
(棒球)充當替補投手
on relief
接受公共救濟的:因為需要或貧困而接受公共救濟的
They made no plea for relief.
他們並沒有申請救濟.
The momentary relief was followed by worse suffering.
短暫的緩解之後接著是更為劇烈的痛苦.
We all make a sigh of relief when we heard that he was safe.
聽說他平安無事,我們都鬆了一口氣.
She constantly invoked death for her relief and deliverance.
她常常想在死亡中尋求解脫.
We made a contribution to the famine relief fund.
我們給饑荒賑濟基金捐了款.