Relief
[rɪ'liːf] or [rɪ'lif]
解释:
(noun.) the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged; 'he asked for troops for the relief of Atlanta'.
(noun.) aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped; 'he has been on relief for many years'.
(noun.) assistance in time of difficulty; 'the contributions provided some relief for the victims'.
(noun.) sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background.
(noun.) the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; 'as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief'.
(noun.) (law) redress awarded by a court; 'was the relief supposed to be protection from future harm or compensation for past injury?'.
(noun.) the condition of being comfortable or relieved (especially after being relieved of distress); 'he enjoyed his relief from responsibility'; 'getting it off his conscience gave him some ease'.
录入:弗农--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
(n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
(n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.
(n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
(n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.
(n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.
(n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
(n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country.
艾伯特整理
同义词及近义词：
n. [1]. Succor, help, assistance, aid, support.[2]. Redress, indemnification, remedy.[3]. Projection, prominence, RELIEVO.
编辑:罗比
同义词及反义词：
SYN:Succor, support, release, extrication, alleviation, mitigation, aid, holp,assistance, remedy, redress, exemption, deliverance, refreshment, comfort
ANT:Oppression, aggravation, intensification, burdensomeness, trouble, exhaustion,weariness, discomfort
丹尼尔编辑
解释:
n. the removal of any evil: release from a post or duty replacement: one who replaces another: that which relieves or mitigates: aid: assistance to a pauper as outdoor relief: a certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant at the death of the ancestor: (fine art) the projection of a sculptured design from its ground as low relief (bas-relief basso-rilievo) middle relief (mezzo-rilievo) and high relief (alto-rilievo) according as the carved figures project very little in a moderate degree or in a very considerable degree from the background: a work of art executed in relief: (her.) the supposed projection of a charge from the surface of a field indicated by shading on the sinister and lower sides: the condition of land surfaces as regards elevations and depressions—as indicated in a Relief′-map in which the form of the country is expressed by elevations and depressions of the material used.—ns. Relief′-perspec′tive the art of applying the principles of perspective to relief in painting and sculpture in theatrical settings &c.; Relief′-work public work to provide employment for the poor in times of distress.—Relief Church a body who left the Established Church of Scotland on account of the oppressive exercise of patronage organised in 1761 uniting with the United Secession Church in 1847 to form the United Presbyterian Church.
校对:迈克尔
例句:
- The shady retreat furnished relief from the garish day to the primitive man, and the opaque shades and Venetian blinds of modern civilization exclude the excess of light at our windows. Edward W. Byrn. 十九世纪发明进展.
- Oh, certainly, certainly, answered Mr. Baker with a sigh of relief. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Against the dark draperies veiling the archway the slender figure of the handsome Greek stood out in bold relief. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Marianne slowly continued It is a great relief to mewhat Elinor told me this morningI have now heard exactly what I wished to hear. 简·奥斯汀. 理智与情感.
- Maurice drew a long breath of relief. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- Of course it would be a great relief to me to ask you several questions, sir; but I remember your prohibition. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 远大前程.
- With a sense of relief he entered the library and flung himself down in his armchair. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- Do you think, Rosa, you are any relief or comfort to me? 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
- This process is repeated several times, the object of it being not so much to give relief to the lines, as to roughen the surface of the stone, and thus facilitate its absorption of water. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- The girl had almost ceased to breathe, when, to her relief, the head disappeared and she heard the brute's footsteps leaving the window. 埃德加·赖斯·巴勒斯. 人猿泰山.
- Many of the foreigners were utterly destitute; and their increasing numbers at length forbade a recourse to the usual modes of relief. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
- Lydgate's odious humors and their neighbors' apparent avoidance of them had an unaccountable date for her in their relief from money difficulties. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Senefelder, in his subsequent improvements, gave a slight relief to the letters by the original plan of using diluted aqua-fortis, by which means the impressions obtained were blacker. 弗雷德里克·科利尔·贝克维尔. 伟大的事实.
- Caliphronas drew a long breath of relief, and sprang to his feet. 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
- To my mind it symbolizes a view of the state which we are outgrowing, and throws into relief the view towards which we are struggling. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Still, the more numerous and violent pleasures which reach the soul through the body are generally of this sort--they are reliefs of pain. 柏拉图. 理想国.
- The walls were faced with bas-reliefs representing scenes in his life done in massive silver. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- The characteristic art of the period consists of deep reliefs done upon bone and line engraving upon bone. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
- In addition it has one thousand five hundred bas-reliefs. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
- Spain was too far off for periodic reliefs, and the war demanded a more thorough training than was possible with these on and off soldiers. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯. 世界史纲.
整理:莉莲