1. 宽慰;安心;欣慰;解脱
    If you feel a sense of relief, you feel happy because something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening.

    e.g. I breathed a sigh of relief...
           我如释重负地松了口气。
    e.g. The news will come as a great relief to the French authorities...
           这个消息会让法国当局大大松一口气。

2. (疼痛或苦痛的)解除，免除，减轻，缓解
    If something provides relief from pain or distress, it stops the pain or distress.

    e.g. This brought considerable relief from the pain.
           这相当大地缓解了疼痛。
    e.g. ...a self-help programme which can give lasting relief from the torment of hay fever.
           可以持续缓解枯草热病痛的自助项目

3. 救济;救援物资
    Relief is money, food, or clothing that is provided for people who are very poor, or who have been affected by war or a natural disaster.

relief什么意思

    e.g. Relief agencies are stepping up efforts to provide food, shelter and agricultural equipment.
           救济机构正加大力度提供食物、住所和农用器械。
    e.g. ...famine relief.
           饥荒救济

4. 代班人;换班工人
    A relief worker is someone who does your work when you go home, or who is employed to do it instead of you when you are sick.

    e.g. No relief drivers were available.
           找不到代班司机。

5. 浮雕
    A relief is a sculpture that is carved out of a flat vertical surface.

6. see also: bas-relief;tax relief