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 re·lieve /rɪˈliv/
 (vt.)減輕,救濟,解除,使免除,換…的班,調劑,使不單調,襯托,使顯著(vi.)救濟

 re·lieve /rɪˈlɪv/ 及物動詞
 緩解,減輕

 Re·lieve v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relieved p. pr. & vb. n. Relieving.]
 1. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [Obs.]
 2. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
    Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height.   --Sir W. Scott.
 3. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
    The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection.   --Addison.
 4. To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor.
 5. To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town.
    Now lend assistance and relieve the poor.   --Dryden.
 6. To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty.
    Who hath relieved you?   --Shak.
 7. To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right.
 Syn: -- To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help; support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free; remedy; redress; indemnify.
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 relieve
      v 1: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will
           relieve your headaches" [syn: alleviate, palliate, assuage]
      2: free someone temporarily from his or her obligations [syn: take
         over]
      3: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
         "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, free]
         [ant: enforce]
      4: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
         conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, allay, ease]
      5: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, salve,
          save]
      6: relieve oneself of troubling information [syn: unbosom]
      7: alleviate or remove; "relieve the pressure and the stress"
      8: provide relief for; "remedy his illness" [syn: remedy]
      9: free from a burden, evil, or distress
      10: take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100"
      11: grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this
          class" [syn: excuse, let off, exempt]