relieve
/rɪˈliːv/
- Syllables
- 2 syllables
- Stress
- 2nd syllable stress
- Vowel
- Short i vowel
- Ending
- Final e often stays silent
rɪ - ˈliːv -> relieve
၁။ သက်သာရာရစေသည်။ drugs to relieve the pain/discomfort ❍ relieve suffering/hardship among refugees.
၂။ အသက်ရှုပေါက်ရစေသည်။ efforts to relieve famine in Africa ❍ relieve the pressure on working mothers ❍ The bypass relieves traffic jams in the city centre.
၃။ အပြောင်းအလဲရှိစေမှု။ အရွှန်းအသောဖောက်မှု။ relieve the tedium/boredom/monotony of waiting ❍ Not a single tree relieved the flatness of the plain.
၄။ လူစားဝင်ပေးသည်၊ ။ တာဝန်လဲပေးသည်။ relieve a sentry/workmate/driver ❍ You'll be relieved at six o'clock.
၅။ ရန်သူ့အရံ ဖြုတ်ပေးသည်။
၆။ ~ oneself (euph ) အပေါ့သွား သည်။ အခင်းကြီး၊ အခင်းငယ်သွားသည်။
❏ relieved adj စိတ်သက်သာရာရသည့်။ စိတ်အေးရသည့်။
a relieved smile/look/expression ❍ We were very relieved to hear you were safe.
❏ relieve sb of sth [PHRV ]
၁။ (often joc ) ကူသယ်ပေး သည်။ မ သွားသည်။ Let me relieve you of your coat and hat. ❍ (ironic ) The thief relieved him of (ie stole) his wallet.
၂။ (fml ) ဝင်ကူပေးသည်။ The new secretary will relieve us of some of the paperwork.
၃။ တာဝန်ရပ်စဲသည်။ အလုပ်ဖြုတ်သည်။
relieve Mr Brett of his post as manager ❍ The general was relieved of his command/duties.
- Use a cooling gel to relieve the discomfort of sunburn.
- Your headaches can easily be relieved by regular aspirin.
- Reading helped to relieve the boredom while he was ill.
- The scheme is designed to relieve traffic congestion on the main routes into the city.
- The night guards arrived to relieve the daytime crew.
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