小测验:选择正确的单词
relief [ri'li:f]
基本释义
- n. 减轻,解除,救济,安慰,调剂,浮雕,换班,地势的起伏
常用短语
- relief map
n.地形图,立体地图
- relief printing
n.凸版印刷
- relief valve
n. 安全阀
- high relief
高浮雕,高峻地形
- low relief
浅浮雕
- relief pitcher
n. [棒] 替补投手
参考例句
- I made a contribution of $100 to the Famine Relief Fund.
我向救灾基金会捐献了一百元钱。 - There were undertones of relief as the visitors left.
客人走后大家都暗暗松了口气. - He heaved a sigh of relief when he found his wallet.
他找到钱包时松了一口气。 - This drug gives rapid relief to sufferers from gout.
这药封痛风患者的止痛效果神速。 - We crossed wide stretches of moorland without relief.
我们走过一大片景色单调的荒野。
英英解释
- the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced
[同]
alleviation, assuagement, relief
[例]
- as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief
- the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress)
[同]
ease, relief
[例]
- he enjoyed his relief from responsibility
- getting it off his conscience gave him some ease
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- (law) redress awarded by a court
[例]
- was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?
- someone who takes the place of another (as when things get dangerous or difficult)
[同]
fill-in, backup, backup man, relief, reliever, stand-in, substitute
[例]
- the star had a stand-in for dangerous scenes
- we need extra employees for summer fill-ins
- assistance in time of difficulty
[同]
ministration, relief, succor, succour
[例]
- the contributions provided some relief for the victims
- a pause for relaxation
[同]
relief, respite, rest, rest period
[例]
- people actually accomplish more when they take time for short rests
- a change for the better
[同]
easing, moderation, relief - aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped
[例]
- he has been on relief for many years
- the act of reducing something unpleasant (as pain or annoyance)
[同]
easement, easing, alleviation, relief
[例]
- he asked the nurse for relief from the constant pain
- sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background
[同]
embossment, relief, relievo, rilievo, sculptural relief - the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged
[例]
- he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta
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