English Dictionary

relief

IPA（発音記号）

/ɹɪˈliːf/

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

The removal of stress or discomfort. / The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort. / Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.

日本語の意味

（ストレスや不快感の）除去 / （ストレスや不快感の）除去に伴う安心感・安堵感 / 職務や任務からの解放（後任者に交代する際など）

After finishing the final exam, she sighed with relief and finally relaxed.

期末試験が終わると、彼女は安堵してようやくリラックスした。

意味（1）

The removal of stress or discomfort.

I sighed with relief when I found out that my daughter hadn't got lost, but was waiting for me at home.

意味（2）

The feeling associated with the removal of stress or discomfort.

Tony's face expressed relief, and Nettie sat silent for a moment until the vicar said “It was a generous impulse, but it may have been a momentary one,[…].”

意味（3）

Release from a post or duty, as when replaced by another.

意味（4）

The person who takes over a shift for another.

Officer Schmidt can finally go home because his relief has arrived.

意味（5）

Aid or assistance offered in time of need.

意味（6）

(law) Court-ordered compensation, aid, or protection, a redress.

意味（7）

A lowering of a tax through special provisions; tax relief.

意味（8）

A certain fine or composition paid by the heir of a tenant upon the death of the ancestor.

reliefs （ plural ）