relieve
英[rɪ'liːv]
美[rɪ'liv]
- vt. 解除，减轻；使不单调乏味；换…的班；解围；使放心
英英释意
- 1. provide physical relief, as from pain;
- "This pill will relieve your headaches"
- 2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
- 3. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
- "She exempted me from the exam"
- 4. lessen the intensity of or calm;
- "The news eased my conscience"
- "still the fears"
- 5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
- 6. relieve oneself of troubling information
- 7. alleviate or remove;
- "relieve the pressure and the stress"
- 8. provide relief for;
- "remedy his illness"
- 9. free from a burden, evil, or distress
- 10. take by stealing;
- "The thief relieved me of $100"
- 11. grant exemption or release to;
- "Please excuse me from this class"