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relieve /ri'li:v/

• ngoại động từ
  • làm an tâm, làm yên lòng, làm dịu, làm khuây khoả, an ủi
    • to relieve someone's mind: làm ai an tâm
    • to feel relieved: cảm thấy yên lòng
  • làm nhẹ bớt, giảm bớt (gánh nặng, lo âu, phiền muộn...)
    • to relieve someone's anxiety: làm cho ai bớt lo âu
    • to relieve someone of his load: làm nhẹ bớt gánh nặng cho ai, cất gánh nặng cho ai
    • to relieve someone's of his position: cách chức ai
    • to relieve one's feelings: nói hết cho hả dạ, nói hết ý nghĩ của mình cho nhẹ người
    • to relieve someone of his cash (purse): (đùa cợt) đỡ nhẹ túi tiền của ai
  • giúp đỡ, cứu giúp, cứu trợ
  • giải vây
    • the town was relieved: thành phố đã được giải vây
  • đổi (gác)
  • (kỹ thuật) khai thông
  • làm cho vui lên, làm cho đỡ đều đều tử nhạt, làm cho đỡ căng thẳng

• ngoại động từ
  • đắp (khắc, chạm) nổi
  • nêu bật lên, làm nổi bật lên (trên một cái nền nào đó...)

relieves|relieved|relievingrɪ'lɪːv
verb
+provide physical relief, as from pain
+free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
+grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
+lessen the intensity of or calm
+save from ruin, destruction, or harm
+relieve oneself of troubling information
+alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
+provide relief for
+free from a burden, evil, or distress
+take by stealing
+grant exemption or release to

+ verb [VN]
1 to remove or reduce an unpleasant feeling or pain: to relieve the symptoms of a cold + to relieve anxiety / guilt / stress + Being able to tell the truth at last seemed to relieve her.
2 to make a problem less serious: efforts to relieve famine in Africa + to relieve traffic congestion / unemployment
3 to make sth less boring, especially by introducing sth different: We played cards to relieve the boredom of the long wait. + The black and white pattern is relieved by tiny coloured flowers.
4 to replace sb who is on duty: to relieve a driver / sentry + You'll be relieved at six o'clock.
5 to free a town, etc. from an enemy army that has surrounded it
6 ~ yourself a polite way of referring to going to the toilet: I had to relieve myself behind a bush.
Phrasal Verbs: relieve sb of sth
1 to help sb by taking sth heavy or difficult from them: Let me relieve you of some of your bags. + The new secretary will relieve us of some of the paperwork.
2 (informal, ironic) to steal sth from sb: A boy with a knife relieved him of his wallet.
3 to dismiss sb from a job, position, etc: General Beale was relieved of his command.