comfort, console, ease, soothe, relieve

動(dòng)詞 relieve:

1. provide physical relief, as from pain
   同義詞：alleviate, palliate, assuage
2. free someone temporarily from his or her obligations
   同義詞：take over
3. grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to
   同義詞：exempt, free
4. lessen the intensity of or calm
   同義詞：still, allay, ease
5. save from ruin, destruction, or harm
   同義詞：salvage, salve, save
6. relieve oneself of troubling information
   同義詞：unbosom
7. alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive
   同義詞：lighten
8. provide relief for
   同義詞：remedy
9. free from a burden, evil, or distress
10. take by stealing
11. grant exemption or release to
    同義詞：excuse, let off, exempt

1. The Government acted quickly to relieve the widespread distress caused by the earthquake.
   地震造成廣泛地區(qū)的災(zāi)難，政府迅速采取行動(dòng)賑濟(jì)災(zāi)民。
2. The route was designed to relieve traffic congestion.
   這條路是為緩解交通擁擠而開(kāi)辟的。
3. This medicine will relieve your headache.
   這藥將減輕你的頭痛。
4. He was relieved of his watch.
   他的表被偷走了。
5. The general was relieved of his command.
   將軍被解除了指揮權(quán)。

re.lieve

v.tr.（及物動(dòng)詞）
re.lieved,re.liev.ing,re.lieves
To cause a lessening or alleviation of:
減緩：導(dǎo)致…的減輕或緩和：
例句：
relieved all his symptoms; relieved the tension.
減輕了他的所有癥狀；緩和緊張局面

To free from pain, anxiety, or distress.
免于痛苦：脫離痛苦，焦慮或者苦惱
To furnish assistance or aid to.
救濟(jì)：為…提供幫助或援助
To rescue from siege.
弛緩：從圍困解救出來(lái)
To release (a person) from an obligation, a restriction, or a burden, as by law or legislation.
解除義務(wù)：解除（一個(gè)人的）義務(wù)，限止或負(fù)擔(dān)，如通過(guò)法律或立法方式解除
To free from a specified duty by providing or acting as a substitute.
使替班：用提供或充當(dāng)替代物的方式從特定的義務(wù)中解脫出來(lái)
To make less tedious, monotonous, or unpleasant:
給予變化：使變得較不乏味，較不單調(diào)或較不令人不快：
例句：
Only one small candle relieved the gloom.
只要有一支小小的蠟燭就能增添朦朧的意境

To make prominent or effective by contrast; set off.
使醒目：通過(guò)比較變得突出或印象深刻的；襯托出
Informal To rob or deprive:
【非正式用語(yǔ)】 搶劫或掠奪：
例句：
Pickpockets relieved him of his money.
扒手偷走了他的錢(qián)

<習(xí)慣用語(yǔ)>relieve oneself
To urinate or defecate.
排泄：小便或大便
來(lái)源：
Middle English releven
中古英語(yǔ) releven
from Old French relever
源自 古法語(yǔ) relever
from Latin relev3re
源自 拉丁語(yǔ) relev3re
re- [re-]
re- [前綴，表.后退.]
lev3re [to raise] * see leg wh-
lev3re [提高] *參見(jiàn) leg wh-

【引伸】
reliev.able
adj.（形容詞）
reliev.er
n.（名詞）
<參考詞匯><同義詞>relieve,allay,alleviate,assuage,lighten,mitigate,palliateAll of these verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable.Torelieve is to ease and make more endurable something causing discomfort or distress:
所有這些動(dòng)詞意味著使某事變得不太嚴(yán)重或更可忍受。Relieve 指緩解或使造成不快或壓抑的某事變得可以忍受：
例句：
.that misery which he strives in vain to relieve. (Henry David Thoreau).
.他徒勞地奮力去減輕苦難. （亨利·戴維·梭羅）。

例句：
.The counselor relieved her fears. (Sir Walter Scott).
.顧問(wèn)消除了她的恐懼. （瓦爾特·施科特爵士）。

Allay suggests relief at least for the time being from what is burdensome or painful:
Allay 意味著至少是暫時(shí)從造成負(fù)擔(dān)或痛苦的事物中解脫出來(lái)：
例句：
.This music crept by me upon the waters,/Allaying both their fury and my passion/With its sweet air. (Shakespeare).
.在水面音樂(lè)爬上我的心頭/平息了他們的憤怒和我的熱情/用它甜美的聲音. （莎士比亞）。

Alleviate connotes temporary lessening of distress without removal of its cause:
Alleviate 指短暫的減輕壓抑而沒(méi)有解決其根源：
例句：
.No arguments shall be wanting on my part that can alleviate so severe a misfortune. (Jane Austen).Toassuage is to soothe or make milder:
.對(duì)我來(lái)說(shuō)要減輕如此嚴(yán)重的不幸，不需要任何爭(zhēng)論. （簡(jiǎn)·奧斯汀）。Assuage 是撫慰或使更適度：

例句：
.What shall assuage the unforgotten pain/And teach the unforgetful to forgetô. (Dante Gabriel Rossetti).
.什么會(huì)撫慰不能忘卻的痛苦/并且讓無(wú)法忘懷的人學(xué)會(huì)遺忘ô. （但丁·加布利亞爾·羅塞蒂）。

Lighten in this comparison signifies to make less heavy or oppressive:
Lighten 在這種比較中指使變得不太沉重或不太壓抑：
例句：
Congress endeavored to lighten the taxpayers` burden.
國(guó)會(huì)努力減輕納稅人的負(fù)擔(dān)。

Mitigate andpalliate connote moderating the severity, force, or intensity of something that causes suffering:
Mitigate 和palliate 都意味著減弱造成痛苦的事物嚴(yán)重性、力量或強(qiáng)度：
例句：
.I . . . prayed to the Lord to mitigate a calamity which seemed to me past the capacity of man to remedy. (John Galt).
.我…向上帝祈禱，祈求他減輕這場(chǎng)人力所不能補(bǔ)救的災(zāi)難. （約翰·加爾特）。

例句：
.His well-known financial ability made men turn to him in the hour of distress, as of all statesmen the most fitted to palliate it. (William E.H. Lecky).
.他廣為人知的融資能力使得人們?cè)谕纯嗟臅r(shí)候向他求助，就象最合適的政治家來(lái)減輕它一樣. （威廉E·H·勒凱）