v.救济；减轻；解除；偷

The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake. 地震造成大范围的灾难,政府迅速采取行动赈济灾民。

This medicine will relieve your headache. 这药将减轻你的头痛。

The route was designed to relieve traffic congestion. 这条路是为缓解交通拥挤而开辟的。

The general was relieved of his command. 将军被解除了指挥权。

He was relieved of his watch. 他的表被偷走了。

relieve的基本意思是“减轻,除去(痛苦、不安)”,指暂时而不是从根本上解除或减轻不愉快的感情、负担或痛苦。引申可表示“解除某人的职务等”。relieve还可作“给…换班”“换岗”解。

relieve是及物动词,接名词或代词作宾语。

relieve接agaist表示“在…的衬托下”,接at表示“因…而感到宽慰”,接from或of表示“免除”“解脱”。