relieved

re·lieve

R0140400 (rĭ-lēv′)tr.v. re·lieved, re·liev·ing, re·lieves 1. a. To cause a lessening or alleviation of: relieved all his symptoms; relieved the tension.b. To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant: Only one small candle relieved the gloom.2. To free from pain, anxiety, or distress: I was relieved by the news that they had arrived home safely.3. a. To furnish assistance or aid to: relieve the flooded region.b. To rescue from siege.4. a. To release (a person) from an obligation, restriction, or burden.b. To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.c. Baseball To enter the game as a relief pitcher after (another pitcher).5. Informal To rob or deprive: Pickpockets relieved him of his money.6. Archaic To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.Idiom: relieve (oneself) To urinate or defecate.

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[Middle English releven, from Old French relever, from Latin relevāre : re-, re- + levāre, to raise; see leg^wh- in Indo-European roots.]

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re·liev′a·ble adj.Synonyms: relieve, allay, alleviate, assuage, lighten², mitigate, palliate
These verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable. To relieve is to make more endurable something causing discomfort or distress: "that misery which he strives in vain to relieve" (Henry David Thoreau).
Allay suggests at least temporary relief from what is burdensome or painful: "This music crept by me upon the waters, / Allaying both their fury and my passion / With its sweet air" (Shakespeare).
Alleviate connotes temporary lessening of distress without removal of its cause: "No arguments shall be wanting on my part that can alleviate so severe a misfortune" (Jane Austen).
To assuage is to soothe or make milder: assuaged his guilt by confessing to the crime. Lighten signifies to make less heavy or oppressive: legislation that would lighten the taxpayer's burden. Mitigate and palliate connote moderating the force or intensity of something that causes suffering: "I ... prayed to the Lord to mitigate a calamity" (John Galt)."Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing" (Ernest Hemingway).

relieved

(rɪˈliːvd) adj1. (postpositive; often foll by at, about, etc) experiencing relief, esp from worry or anxiety2. (Mechanical Engineering) mechanical engineering having part of the surface cut away to avoid friction or wear

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	relieved - (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bearalleviated, easedmitigated - made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty"
	2.	relieved - extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary; "the jutting limb of a tree"; "massive projected buttresses"; "his protruding ribs"; "a pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"jutting, projected, projecting, protruding, sticking, sticking outprotrusive - thrusting outward

relieved

adjective glad, happy, pleased, comforted, cheered, reassured, grateful, thankful We are all relieved to be back home.

Translations

放心的轻松的

relief

(rəˈliːf) noun1. a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc. When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen. (痛苦、擔憂、無聊感)減輕、消除 （痛苦的）减轻 2. help (eg food) given to people in need of it. famine relief; (also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees. 救濟 救济3. a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time. The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; (also adjective) a relief driver. 換班的人，換班的 换班（的人） 4. the act of freeing a town etc from siege. the relief of Mafeking. 解救 援救5. a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background. a carving in relief. 浮雕 浮雕reˈlieve (-v) verb1. to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc). The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees. 減輕，消除(痛苦、擔憂) 减轻（痛苦） 2. to take over a job or task from. You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours. 換班 换岗3. to dismiss (a person) from his job or position. He was relieved of his post/duties. 免職 解除4. to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone. May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass. 幫人提(重物)，替人減輕(負擔) 替...人拿...5. to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack). 幫(圍城)脫困或解圍 救援reˈlieved adjective no longer anxious or worried. I was relieved to hear you had arrived safely. 鬆了一口氣 轻松（的）

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