relieve

动词

1. 1

   减轻、缓解、舒缓

   This medicine should relieve the pain within twenty minutes.

   这种药应该可以在二十分钟内减轻疼痛。

2. 2

   纾解、缓和、消除

   The new bypass is meant to relieve traffic congestion downtown.

   这条新的外环道是为了纾解市区的交通拥塞。

3. 3

   免除、解除、卸除

   He was relieved of his duties after the investigation.

   调查结束后，他被解除了职务。

4. 4

   接替、换班

   The night nurse came to relieve her at eleven.

   值夜的护理师十一点来接她的班。

5. 5

   救济、赈济

   Donations were used to relieve families hit by the flood.

   捐款用来救济受水灾影响的家庭。

6. 6

   解手、上厕所relieve oneself

   He stopped by the roadside to relieve himself.

   他在路边停下来解手。

7. 7

   调剂、点缀

   A few jokes helped relieve the monotony of the lecture.

   几个笑话为这场沉闷的演讲增添了一些调剂。

8. 8

   拿走、偷走诙谐

   A pickpocket relieved him of his wallet on the bus.

   在公车上有扒手偷走了他的皮夹。