relieve是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong -- 緩解，減輕，解除（疼痛或擔憂）；使寬心，使寬慰

  • She was given a shot of morphine to relieve the pain. 醫生給她注射了一針嗎啡來止痛。

  • She relieved her boredom at home by learning how to type. 她在家學打字來打發無聊的時光。

  • New toll roads could help relieve congestion on other routes. 新建的收費道路可以幫助緩解其他道路的擁堵情況。

• 1 to provide relief for a bad situation or for people in need -- 救濟；救援；救助

  • emergency food aid to help relieve the famine 為了救濟饑民而提供的緊急食品援助

  • I'm on duty until 2 p.m. and then Peter is coming to relieve me. 我要值班到下午兩點，兩點以後彼得就會來換班。

  • An armoured battalion was sent to relieve the besieged town. 那個城市被困，一個裝甲營被派去解圍。

• 2 polite word for urinate -- 撒尿，排尿（urinate 的禮貌性說法）

  • He proceeded to relieve himself against a tree. 他走到一棵樹旁小解。