Relief

[rɪ'liːf] or [rɪ'lif]

解釋/意思:

(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'.

錄入:弗农--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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

同義詞及近義詞：

n. [1]. Succor, help, assistance, aid, support.[2]. Redress, indemnification, remedy.[3]. Projection, prominence, RELIEVO.

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同義詞及反義詞：

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

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解釋/意思:

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.

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