relieveとは

発音

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈliːv/
• 韻: -iːv

動詞

relieve (三人称単数 現在形 relieves, 現在分詞 relieving, 過去形および過去分詞形 relieved)

1. To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of. [from 14th c.]

   I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.

   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 5, in The Celebrity:

     Then we relapsed into a discomfited silence, and wished we were anywhere else. But Miss Thorn relieved the situation by laughing aloud, and with such a hearty enjoyment that instead of getting angry and more mortified we began to laugh ourselves, and instantly felt better.

2. To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort. [from 14th c.]
3. To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.). [from 14th c.]
4. To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty). [from 14th c.]
5. (obsolete) To lift up; to raise again. [15th-17th c.]
6. (now まれに) To raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.). [from 15th c.]
7. (law) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to. [from 15th c.]

   This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.

8. To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on. [from 16th c.]
9. To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc. [from 16th c.]
10. (military, job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place. [from 16th c.]
11. (now まれに) To make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief. [from 18th c.]
    • 1819, Lord Byron, Don Juan, III.76:

      The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair [...].

    • 1927, Countee Cullen, From the Dark Tower:

      The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark

12. (reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate. [from 20th c.]

同意語

• (to alleviate pain, ease): liss

派生語

• relieve oneself

関連する語

Further reading

• relieve in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• relieve in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911