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词汇 relieving
释义 relieving
present participle ofrelieve
relieve
verb
uk /rɪˈliːv/ us /rɪˈliːv/

relieveverb (MAKE BETTER)


C2[ T ]
to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong: 缓解,减轻,解除(疼痛或担忧);使宽心,使宽慰
She was given a shot of morphine to relieve the pain.医生给她注射了一针吗啡来止痛。
She relieved her boredom at home by learning how to type.她在家学打字来打发无聊的时光。
[ T ]
to improve an unpleasant situation: 缓和,缓解(令人不快的局势)
New toll roads could help relieve congestion on other routes.新建的收费道路可以帮助缓解其他道路的拥堵情况。
Rubbing dock leaves on nettle stings helps to relieve the pain.将酸模叶子揉碎抹在荨麻刺伤处有助于止痛。
The routine was the same every day, with nothing to relieve the monotony.
There must be some way you can relieve the pain.你一定有办法缓解疼痛。
This cream relieves the swelling caused by insect stings.
They removed the blood clot in order to relieve the pressure on her brain.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Becoming and making less strong
abate
abatement
adulterant
adulterate
adulterated
be fading away/fastidiom
downtoner
dull
ease
emasculation
enervate
enervating
hedge
melt
relieve
tone something down
totter
tottering
turn to jellyidiom
undimmed

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Making things better

relieveverb (HELP)


[ T ]
to provide relief for a bad situation or for people in need: 救济;救援;救助
emergency food aid to help relieve the famine为了救济饥民而提供的紧急食品援助
[ T ]
to take the place of someone and continue doing their job or duties: 接替;换…的班;替下
I'm on duty until 2 p.m. and then Peter is coming to relieve me.我要值班到下午两点,两点以后彼得就会来换班。
[ T ]formal
to free a place that has been surrounded by an enemy army by military force: 将(某地从敌人的围困中)解围;解救
An armoured battalion was sent to relieve the besieged town.那个城市被困,一个装甲营被派去解围。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Making things better
add salt to somethingidiom
allay
alleviate
alleviation
ameliorate
cultivate
levelling up
lighten
liven (something) up
lubricate
make a differenceidiom
make a world of differenceidiom
remedial
repolish
restructure
revamp
revitalize
revivify
sharpen
tonic

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Replacing and exchanging
Attacking & invading

relieveverb (URINATE)


 relieve yourself
polite word forurinate: 撒尿,排尿(urinate 的礼貌性说法)
He proceeded to relieve himself against a tree.他走到一棵树旁小解。
I had to relieve myself behind a bush.
She excused herself to the bathroom so she could relieve herself.
There are no facilities for miles and people have to relieve themselves somewhere.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: urine & urinating
accident
bathroom
bodily function
cock a leg
excrete
excretion
go to the bathroomidiom
leak
pass
pass wateridiom
pee
piddle
piss
slash
take a leak/have a leakidiom
tinkle
water
wazz
wee
wet your pantsidiom

Phrasal verb


relieve someone of something

Examples of relieving


relieving

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.


Rather than simply closing the septal defect, relieving the pulmonary stenosis, and performing an atrial switch, univentricular repair was preferred in these patients.
However, along with this focus on the micro level consequences of unemployment, researchers have largely forgotten about the role of state intervention in relieving unemployment.
The first three months of 1842 alone saw them relieving over 10,000 casuals, at a cost of nearly £2,000.
The politics of the poor rate implied the exclusion of poor strangers in the interests of relieving the ancient settled poor.
For instance, when physicians prepare to disconnect a ventilator, they often administer pain relieving medications to the patient in amounts that may hasten death.
The left lateral position can improve fetal blood -ow by relieving aortocaval compression.
By contrast, the political ambivalence between relieving distress and controlling threats and inefficiency has persisted throughout.
However, the extent to which these nutrients limit crop yields, and the role organic inputs may play in relieving them, are poorly documented.
The shape of a flatmount depends greatly on the placement of relieving cuts in the cerebral hemisphere.
As far as relieving poverty in old age is concerned, the 1948 settlement was doomed from the outset.
Technology is applied as a means of achieving a specific result, such as relieving anxiety, avoiding litigation, or promoting one's own career.
The study reported in this paper aims at relieving the work involved with the bisimulation proof method.
All three models, then, give both doctor and patient moral work to do with the aim of restoring the patient's health or relieving suffering.
Cold stratification is also efficient for relieving seeds from secondary dormancy.
Opium came to be used widely by the migrant workers, partly as a medicine effective against malaria, and for relieving pain.
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