relieve
【减轻,缓解,解除】
relieve 是一个动词,意思是“减轻,缓解,解除”,用来表示减轻痛苦、压力、负担或其他不适的感觉。
1. 动词 (verb)
🔹 relieve [rɪˈliːv] — 减轻,缓解,解除
- 指减轻或缓解某种负担、痛苦、压力或不适
- 例如:The medicine will relieve your headache.
(这药物会缓解你的头痛。) - 例如:Taking a break will help relieve stress.
(休息一下会帮助缓解压力。)
- 例如:The medicine will relieve your headache.
- 指解除某种困境或不适的状态
- 例如:The doctor prescribed some medication to relieve the symptoms.
(医生开了一些药物来缓解症状。)
- 例如:The doctor prescribed some medication to relieve the symptoms.
- 指解除某人责任或工作
- 例如:The new employee will relieve you of your duties for the day.
(新员工今天会解除你的工作责任。)
- 例如:The new employee will relieve you of your duties for the day.
2. 常见搭配 (collocations)
- relieve pain — 缓解疼痛
- 例如:The hot compress helped to relieve the pain in my back.
(热敷帮助缓解了我的背部疼痛。)
- 例如:The hot compress helped to relieve the pain in my back.
- relieve stress — 缓解压力
- 例如:Yoga is a great way to relieve stress.
(瑜伽是缓解压力的好方法。)
- 例如:Yoga is a great way to relieve stress.
- relieve someone of something — 解除某人某事的责任
- 例如:The assistant will relieve the manager of some tasks.
(助理会解除经理的一些任务。)
- 例如:The assistant will relieve the manager of some tasks.
3. 近义词对比
词汇 | 含义 & 用法 | 例句 |
---|---|---|
ease | 缓解,减轻,特别指使不适或痛苦变得轻松 | The ice pack helped to ease the swelling.(冰袋帮助减轻肿胀。) |
alleviate | 缓解,减轻,尤其指症状或痛苦的缓解 | The doctor gave me medicine to alleviate the pain.(医生给我开了药来缓解疼痛。) |
soothe | 安抚,平息,通常指情绪或疼痛的缓解 | The mother soothed her baby by singing a lullaby.(母亲通过唱摇篮曲安抚宝宝。) |
4. 总结
- relieve (动词)
① 减轻,缓解,指减轻身体或心理上的痛苦、压力等
② 解除,通常指解除责任、负担或某种困境