- 减轻(痛苦、忧虑等)；解除(痛苦、忧虑等)；使得到解脱；使(身心)恢复健康：
My headache has been relieved.
我的头痛已经轻些了。
The war was over;the tension was relieved.
战争结束了，紧张气氛缓和下来了。
- 使宽慰；使放心：
We were relieved to hear you were admitted to a university.
听说你考上了大学我们就放心了。
- 减轻…上的压力(或重量等)；使(压力、重量等)减轻；帮助拿；[戏谑语]偷走：
You had better open your mouth to relieve the pressure on your eardrums.
你最好张开嘴以减轻耳朵鼓膜所受的压力。
Let me relieve you of your luggage.
让我帮你拿行李。
The pickpocket relieved the fat passenger of all his money.
扒手把那位胖旅客的钱全偷走了。
- 救济；援救：
They are trying to build up funds to relieve the poverty-stricken families.
他们设法筹集资金来救济非常贫困的家庭。
More troops were sent to relieve the besieged city.
为了援救这座被围的城市派去了更多的部队。
- 给…解除负担(或义务等)；帮助…摆脱；帮助…卸下(心理上的负担等)：
A citizen must not be relieved from fulfilling the fundamental duties of citizens.
一个公民不能不履行公民的基本义务。
Children cannot be relieved from supporting their parents.
子女不能不履行赡养父母的义务。
- 发泄(感情等)：
She relieved her feelings by throwing down her husband's books on the floor.
她把丈夫的书扔在地板上以发泄她的不满情绪。
- 接替；更换；(尤指棒球)更换投手；替补；[委婉语]解除…的职务：
The watchman of the storehouse will be relieved at 10 p.m.
库房的看守人将于晚上十点换班。
The editor in chief was relieved from his post at the age of sixty-five.
总编辑在六十五岁时被解除职务。
- 使不单调；调剂：
They often danced to relieve the dull evening.
他们晚上无聊时常常以跳舞来调剂。
- 衬托；使显著：
The white building was relieved against the blue sky.
这座白色建筑物在蓝天的衬托下显得十分突出。
- [委婉语][relieve oneself]上厕所,大、小便：
He used to relieve himself in the garden when he was a boy.
他小时候常在花园里大小便。