relief

noun

1. the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)

e.g. he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain

Synonym: easingeasementalleviation

2. the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged

e.g. he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta

3. aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped

e.g. he has been on relief for many years

4. assistance in time of difficulty

e.g. the contributions provided some relief for the victims

Synonym: succorsuccourministration

5. sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background

Synonym: relievorilievoembossmentsculptural relief

6. a change for the better

Synonym: easingmoderation

7. the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced

e.g. as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief

Synonym: alleviationassuagement

8. someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)

e.g. the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
we need extra employees for summer fill-ins

Synonym: stand-insubstituterelieverbackupbackup manfill-in

9. (law) redress awarded by a court

e.g. was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?

10. the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)

e.g. he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
getting it off his conscience gave him some ease

Synonym: ease

11. a pause for relaxation

e.g. people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests

Synonym: respiterestrest period

1. 宽慰;安心;欣慰;解脱
If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.

relief的解释

e.g. I breathed a sigh of relief...
我如释重负地松了口气。
e.g. The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities...
这个消息会让法国当局大大松一口气。

2. (疼痛或苦痛的)解除，免除，减轻，缓解
If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress.

e.g. This brought considerable relief from the pain.
这相当大地缓解了疼痛。
e.g. ...a self-help programme which can give lasting relief from the torment of hay fever.
可以持续缓解枯草热病痛的自助项目

3. 救济;救援物资
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.

e.g. Relief agencies are stepping up efforts to provide food, shelter and agricultural equipment.
救济机构正加大力度提供食物、住所和农用器械。
e.g. ...famine relief.
饥荒救济

4. 代班人;换班工人
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.

e.g. No relief drivers were available.
找不到代班司机。

5. 浮雕
A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface.

relief的翻译

6. see also: bas-relief;tax relief

1. 浮雕：像谢赫一样,吉伯尔蒂在写作中也使用了三个风格批评术语:色彩(colour)、浮雕(relief)和手法(manner)来详细地描述作品;也如谢赫的视点,吉伯尔蒂更多地关注艺术家的作品而不是艺术家个人.

2. 缓解：海鸥喝水用硬壳(hull),拉住海鸥快安静(lull),飞到山后去思考(mull),海鸥不同意变公牛(bull),打它一下变白痴(dull),只好重新去挑选(cull)不简洁(brief),哥悲伤(grief),阿姨平躺为缓解(relief)只有er是轻率(temerity),

3. relief的反义词

3. 起伏：表示全局的起伏(Relief)导线宽度扩展. 表示全局的起伏(Relief)项目扩展. 表示全局的起伏(Relief)气隙扩展. 表示翻转(Flip)层. 表示起伏(Relief)形状是否被允许(Gerber选项).