接下別人的擔子
減輕的方式變成「換我來」：把別人肩上的那份工作整個接過來，他就輕鬆了。
take over a shift · verb · B2
to take someone’s place at work when they finish their hours or need a rest.
換班；接替
核心畫面
A weight is pressing on someone, and you take some of it off. That is the whole verb. The weight can be pain, a difficult problem, a long shift someone has been standing through, the dullness of a grey afternoon, or an army sitting outside a town's walls — in every case something heavy is lifted and the pressure drops.
可以想成：有個重量壓在某人身上，你把它拿掉一部分。整個動詞就是這件事。壓著的可以是疼痛、一個難解的問題、一班站了太久…更多收起
可以想成：有個重量壓在某人身上，你把它拿掉一部分。整個動詞就是這件事。壓著的可以是疼痛、一個難解的問題、一班站了太久的工作、一個沉悶到發慌的下午，甚至是圍在城外的軍隊——共通點都是：重的東西被移開，壓力就降下來了。From the picture
上廁所（委婉）
同樣是「把壓力放掉」，只是這次講的是生理上的，英文用委婉的方式帶過。
urinate (euphemism) · verb · B2
a polite way to say that someone goes to the toilet to pass urine — often used with a light, humorous tone.
方便；小解（委婉）
Also in this word
ease pain · verb · B1
to make someone’s pain or unpleasant feelings less strong.
緩解；減輕
ease a problem · verb · B2
To make a problem less serious or less difficult.
緩解；減輕（問題）
relieve boredom · verb · B2
to make a dull situation more interesting or less boring.
調劑；解悶
原始詞典資料13 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
relieveverb/ɹɪˈliːv/
- 1
To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.
- I was greatly relieved by the jury's verdict.
- 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.
- 3
To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).
- 4
To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).
- 5
obsoleteTo lift up; to raise again.
- 6
archaicTo raise (someone) out of danger or from (a specified difficulty etc.).
- 7
lawTo free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.
- This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.
- 8
To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the siege on.
- In 1574, the duke of Alva laid siege to Leiden to gain control of Holland's most beautiful and prosperous city. To relieve the siege, William of Orange and his followers opened the city's protective dikes to flush out—literally—the surrounding Spanish forces.
另外 5 個記錄的用法
- 9
To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.
- Carrados was carrying a small leather case which he allowed Loudham to relieve him of, together with his hat and gloves.
- They had thought it obsolete, but, were relieved of this misapprehension by Yule’s friend Major Trotter.
- 10
To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.
- 11
archaicTo make (something) stand out; to make prominent, bring into relief.
- The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair […]
- The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark
- 12
To urinate or defecate.
- 1989, Snyder v. Harmon, 562 A.2d 307 (Pa. 1989) (Zappala, J., writing for the majority), Pennsylvania Supreme Court As they traveled along L.R. 33060, one of the passengers mentioned he had to relieve himself, so Barrett stopped the car along the berm of the road, which, unbeknown to the travelers, was directly adjacent to a strip mine.
- For example, the times and locales for defecation and urination have come under tighter regulation in the modern West to meet an increasing demand – explicitly articulated in workplace rules and regulations – that people relieve themselves not whenever or wherever they feel like it but at an appropriate time and place (Inglis & Holmes, 2000).
- 13
To ease one's own desire to orgasm, often through masturbation to orgasm.
- Nevertheless, to relieve oneself takes the edge off the desire and doesn't take advantage of others.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。