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relieving

/ri-leev/US // rɪˈliv //UK // (rɪˈliːv) //

令人欣慰的是,令人欣慰的,缓解,解脱

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
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    re·lieved, re·liev·ing.

    • : to ease or alleviate.
    • : to free from anxiety, fear, pain, etc.
    • : to free from need, poverty, etc.
    • : to bring effective aid to.
    • : to ease of any burden, wrong, or oppression, as by legal means.
    • : to reduce: to relieve the steam pressure; to relieve the stress on the supporting walls.
    • : to make less tedious, unpleasant, or monotonous; break or vary the sameness of: curtains to relieve the drabness of the room.
    • : to bring into relief or prominence; heighten the effect of.
    • : to release by coming as or providing a substitute or replacement.
    • : Machinery. to free of more than a desirable pressure or vacuum.to reduce to a desirable level.
    • : Baseball. to replace.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    re·lieved, re·liev·ing.

    • : Baseball. to act as a relief pitcher: He relieved in 52 games for the Pirates last season.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbmake less painful; let up on
Antonyms
verbremove blame, responsibility

Examples

  • The teacher has since been “relieved of teaching duties pending an investigation,” Bellavia said.

  • Many business owners had been relieved in July when officials lifted many coronavirus restrictions on the city.

  • Chris Czubakowski, the vice president of the American Postal Workers Union chapter of Milwaukee, said he was relieved by his area’s response to the surge of ballots in Wisconsin.

  • Nonetheless, this might be a simpler, perhaps even nervous stress-relieving method.

  • Arguably 2020 has been challenging and dressing up as your favorite character this weekend may relieve you from some of the stress.

  • Instead of lessons about the dangerous, addictive, and deadly qualities of prescription opioids, he got lessons on relieving pain.

  • By relieving McElhone of the brash movie ending she is able to maintain her grasp on a flawed but still complex character.

  • Sure revealing that you secretly like to paint might be relieving, but what next?

  • There are few things more relieving than unloading the weight of a secret.

  • Noting he seemed unconvinced, the police had him sign a piece of paper relieving the authorities of any responsibility.

  • They were anxious to know what might be done towards draining and relieving Holland from its ruinous state.

  • Every step which she took toward relieving herself from obligations added to her strength and expansion as an individual.

  • The Scots, twenty years later, could raise no more for the almost equally important object of relieving Berwick.'

  • James Fitzmaurice was with them, chiefly in the vain hope of relieving Castlemaine, before which Perrott had again sat down.

  • The fireplace opening is covered by a brick relieving arch, which is fortified by wrought-iron bar from to in.