及物動詞：緩解、減輕、解除、使寬心、提供援助; (正式)接替、換…的班、替下、解除職責
常見搭配詞：
- relieve someone of something
解除某人的某事
例句：I was glad to be relieved of this burden.
我很高興擺脫了這個負擔。 - relieve stress / tension / anxiety / pain
減輕壓力 / 緩解緊張 / 減輕焦慮 / 緩解疼痛
例句：Exercise can help relieve stress.
運動有助於減輕壓力。 - relieve symptoms
緩解症狀
例句：The treatment helped relieve the symptoms of the disease.
治療有助於緩解該疾病的症狀。 - relieve someone’s burden / someone’s worries / one’s suffering
減輕某人的負擔 / 讓某人不擔憂 / 減輕某人的痛苦
例句：Her friends helped relieve her burden by offering support.
她的朋友主動提供支持，幫助她減輕了負擔。 - relieve someone’s boredom
解除某人的無聊
例句：The game relieved their boredom during the long wait.
遊戲讓他們在漫長等待中不感到那麼無聊。 - relieve someone of (one’s) duty / post
免除某人的職位 / 解除某人的職責
例句：Mr. Johnson was relieved of his duties as presidential adviser when he was found to have accepted bribes.
約翰遜被發現收受賄賂後，被解除了總統顧問的職務。 - relieve oneself
撒尿、排尿
例句：The man relieved himself behind a tree.
那人在一棵樹後面解手。
例句：
- Taking a walk can help relieve tension.
散步有助於緩解緊張。 - When he heard the news, he looked immensely relieved
當他聽到這個消息時，他顯得如釋重負。 - The medication relieved her pain within minutes.
這種藥物在幾分鐘內緩解了她的疼痛。 - Deep breathing exercises can help relieve anxiety.
深呼吸練習有助於減輕焦慮。 - The good news relieved her worries about the future.
這個好消息打消了她對未來的擔憂。 - The pain medication relieved his suffering.
止痛藥減輕了他的痛苦。 - Your help will relieve pressure on her.
你的幫助會減輕她的壓力。 - He helped me to train my dog to relieve itself on command.
他幫助我訓練我的狗按照命令大小便。 - I was relieved to see his face light up with a boyish grin.
看到他臉上洋溢著孩子氣的笑容，我鬆了口氣。 - The medicine relieved him of his pain.
這藥緩解了他的疼痛。 - My heart was relieved of its dread.
我的心不再恐懼了。 - She felt that she would never be relieved of her husband.
她覺得自己永遠無法擺脫丈夫的束縛。
同義詞：
- alleviate 減輕、緩解 vt. 表示減輕或緩解某種不適、困擾或負擔。
例句：Taking a hot bath can alleviate muscle soreness.
泡熱水澡可以緩解肌肉酸痛。 - mitigate 緩和、減輕 vt. 表示緩和或減輕某種不利或不良的情況。
例句：The new safety measures aim to mitigate the risks of accidents.
新的安全措施旨在降低發生事故風險。 - ease 減輕、緩和 vt. 表示使某種情況或狀態變得較輕鬆或不那麼困難。
例句：He took a painkiller to ease his headache.
他服了止痛藥以緩解頭痛。 - assuage 緩和、減輕 vt. 表示緩和或減輕某種情感、痛苦或不適。
例句：Drinking a warm cup of tea can assuage a sore throat.
喝一杯溫熱的茶可以緩解喉嚨痛。
衍生字：
- relieved 寬慰的、放心的、解脫的 adj.
- relief (在不快後的)輕鬆、解脫 、救濟、救濟品(金) n.
- reliever 緩解痛苦的人、緩解物、支氣管擴張劑、中繼投手 n.
