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单词 reliever
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relieverelieve /rɪˈliv/ ●○○ verb [transitive] Etymology Verb Table Collocations Thesaurus 1to make a pain, problem, or bad feeling less severe:  The new road should relieve traffic congestion. The doctor gave me some pills to relieve the pain.relieve pressure/stress Yoga is good for relieving stress.relieve the monotony/boredom (of something) Cross-country skiing relieves the monotony of winter. see thesaurus at reduce2to replace someone when he or she has completed a duty or needs a rest:  After 20 hours, they were relieved by another crew.3relieve yourself a polite expression meaning to urinate4formal to free a town that an enemy has surrounded [Origin: 1300–1400 Old French relever to raise, relieve, from Latin relevare, from levare to raise]reliever noun [countable]:  a pain relieverrelieve somebody of something phrasal verb1formal to take away someone’s job because he or she have done something wrong: relieve somebody of their command/duties/post The prison director has been relieved of his post.2formal to help by doing something for someone or taking something from someone, especially something difficult to do or something heavy to carry:  Efforts will be made to relieve the country of its massive debt.3humorous to steal something from someone:  I realized that someone had relieved me of my wallet.
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