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松一下。◊ Just rekuc cmd enjoy the movie.休息休息，看 看电影吧。◊ J’m going to
speml the weekend just retoring.这个周末，我什么也不干，就是休息。2to become or make sb
become calmer and less worried % 慰；（使）冷静，放心，镇定：[v] only rdcuc when J
fcnow you’re sa/e.我M有知道你安然无急矛会故心。◊ Rdax’ Everything wfH
be OK 别着急！ 一 切都会坪的。
[also
VN] 3 to become or make sth become less tight or
stiff (後）放松，松懈;松开：[V]AHovv your musdes to reZax compete、让你的肌肉完全放松。◊ [VN] 77ze massage reZaxe) my terise bacfc musdes.按摩使得我背部
紧张的肌肉松弛卞朵。◊ He reduced his
grip on her arm. 他本来抓着她的胳膊，现在松开了肀。：◊⑺:gwraf/ve)rhe dictator re/iises to rekuc
his grip on power.独裁者拒绝放
松对权.力的检制。4 [VN] to allow rules,
laws, etc. to become less strict 放宽（限制等 '):The
council has retoed the ban on dogs in cify parfcs•委员会已_放宽了 对带狗到市内公园里去的禁令。5 [VN] to allow your
attention or effort to become weaker 方女松精神（或思 想）：You cannot afford, to
relax your concentration for a moment.你必须集中精力，一刻都不能松懈。
re.lax.ant /ri’laeksant/ /?ow/7
(med/a?/ 医）a drug that is used to
make the body relax 松弛药：a muscZe reZaxant 肌肉松弛_药
re-lax-ation
/.riilaek'seijn/
noun 1 [U] ways of resting and
enjoying yourself; time spent resting and enjoying yourself放松；休息；消遣；用于放松消遣的时间：Zgo
hiH-wa〖fcing
/or re〖axation.我要是想活动活动，就到山
上走走。◊ a /ew days 〇/ rdaxation几天的休息时间◊ relaxation
techniques 休 j、的方& p note at entertainment 2 [C] something pleasant
you do in order to rest, especially after you have been working 休闲活动；娱乐
活动：fishing is his/avourite
reiaxation.约鱼是他最喜
欢如消遣活动。3 [U, C, usually'sing.] the act of making a rule or
some form of control less strict or severe ('对 规章制度的）放宽，放松：the rdomtion o//oreign
currency controk 对外汇管制的放宽◊ a reiaxation 〇/ travd restrictions旅游限制的族龛
re-1
axed /ri'laekst/ adj.
1 ~ (about sth) (of a person
A) calm and not anxious or
worried 放松沾；冷_ 的;镇定的：He appeared
retoced and con_/iicient be/ore the match.比赛前.,：地显得镇定而自 信。◊ She had a very retaxed manner.她的傘jI特另ij 自 然。2 (of a place 地方)calm
and informal 安静的；自 在的：a /amiiy-run ZioteZ with a reftuced atmosphere 家 庭运营的旅店，气氛自由随便3〜(about sth) not caring too much about discipline or
making people follow rules 不加以拘東的 H33
laid-back ： / take a fairly relaxed attitude towards
what the kids wear to school. 孩子，穿什么上学，我觉得无所谓。
relaxing 〇-w /ri'laeksii)/ adj. helping
you to rest and become less anxious 有助于休 息侖；.令人放松的^轻松的：a rdcuring evening with _/Wemi5和朋友在一起的轻松夜晚
relay verb, noun
m verb /'riilei;
n'lei/ [VN] ~sth (to sb) 1 recaeive and send on information, news，etc, to si?接转，转送，转发（■信
息、消息等）：He relayed t/ie .message to his bo仏他将 :这个丨肖息转给了他的老板。◊ Jnstructfoas were re/ayed to him by phone•通M电话侖指令转达给^了他。2 to broadcast television or radio signals 播放 ，转播 （电视或广播
讯号）：’The game was relayed by
satellite to audiences aH over t/ie vvorW.这场比赛通过卫星向全世界的观众进行
了转播。
mnoun /'rirlei/ 1 (also 'relay race) a race between teams in
which each member of the team runs or swims one section of the race 备力赛：the 4 x 100m relay * 4 x 100 米接力赛 〇a rekiy team 接力队◊ the sprint reiay
短 跑接力赛 2
a fresh set of people or animals that take the place of others that are tired
or have finished a period of work接班的人（或动物）；轮换者：Rescuers worfced
fn relays to save the trapped miners.救援人员轮 班营救受困的i工。3 an electronic device that receives radio or
television signals and sends them on again with greater strength 中继设备：a rekiy station 中继站 re-lease tH* /ri'liis/ verb, noun m verb [VN]
SET SB/STH
FREE 释放 1 〜sb/sth (from sth) to
let sb/sth come out of a place where they have been kept or trapped 释放；放出；放走：to release a prisoner/
hostage #故0犯 / 乂质◊ fire/ighters
toofc two hours to rdease the driver.介oni the wreefca^e.消防队员花了两个 小时将司机从汽车残骸中救出来。
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STOP HOLDING STH 松幷 2 to stop holding sth or
stop it from being held so that it can move, fly, fall, etc. freely 味并;松》F;使自由移动（或飞翔、降落等）SEIlet go, let loose ： He refused, to release
her arm.
-fife ^ W 放异她的骑膊。〇〇〇 baiioons’ were reieeweei at tAe ceremony.典礼:上放:飞了 一万个气球。◊ Intense heat
is rdeasecHn the reaction•■友应过程中产生高热。
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FEELINGS 情感 3 to express feelings
such as anger or worry in order to get rid of them 发泄；宣泄：She burst into tears,
releasing all her pent-up emotions. 声大哭，发泄出全部郁积起来的情感。
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FREE SB FROM DUTY 免除职责 4 〜sb (from sth) to free sb from a duty, responsibility，contract, etc.免除，解除 (某人的职责、责任、合同等）；解雇：TTiedubis
reZeasf;ig some 〇/ its o〖der piayers•俱乐部正在解聘-•些
老队员。◊ The new Zavi/
rdeased employers 介om their obligation to
recognize unions.
工会的义务。
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PART OF MACHINE机器部件 5 to remove sth from a
fixed position，allowing sth else to
move or function 松开；
拉开：to release the cZutch/htmdbrafce/svWtch,
etc.松
开离合器、手闸、开关等
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MAKE LESS TIGHT 使不紧张 6 to make sth less tight 使不 紧张;.使松弛；放松：Vou need to rdease the
tension^! theseshouWermusdes.你需要放松肩部肌肉。
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MAKE AVA丨LABLE 使可获得 7 to make sth available
to the public 公开；公布；发布：PoZice have released no jizrther detank
about the accident.关于这次事故，警方没
有透露更多的细节。〇t〇 re/ease a mbvfe/boo/^CD_发行
%影/书/ 激光唱片◊ new products reZeased
emto the market 投命到市场&新产品 8 to make sth available that had previously been
restricted 开放；放开；解禁：The new building
programme will go ahead as soon as the government rdeases
the_Amds.政府一拨付资金，新的建
筑项目就动工r
■ noun
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SETTING SB/STH FREE 释敢 1 [U，sing] ~ (of sb) (from sth)
the act of setting a person or an animal free; the
state of being set free 释威；■获释：The government has been vvorfcfng to secure
the reieewe 〇/the hostages.政府一直在
努力争取使人质获释。◊ She can expect
an ear〖y reZease /h>m
prison.她春―草二点出狱。
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MAKING STH AVAILABLE 使可得封 2 [U，sing.] the act of
making sth available to the public 公发行；发布：
The new so_/bvare is pkmned/or reZease in 却riZ.新软件
计划’四月■浴发行。◊ 77ie moWe goes on general reZease
(=will be widely shown in cinemas/movie theaters) next week.这部电影将于下周公开上映。3 [C] a thing
that is made available to the public, especially a new
CD or film/movie新发行的东西；（;£指）新激唱片， 新电影：the totest new reZecwes最新发行的产品
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OF GAS/CHEMICAL 气体；化学品 4IU，C] the act of letting
a gas, chemical, etc. come out of the container where it has been safely held 排放；泄漏；渗漏：the release 〇/ carbon dioxide into, the atmosphere 二哉化碳向大气层&
排放◊ to monitor radiation rdeases监沏j辐射的释放
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FROM UNPLEASANT FEELING 不愉快的感觉
5
[U, sing.] the
feeling that you are free from pain, anxiety or some
other unpleasant feeling 解脱；轻&感：a sense of release after the exam 0
/ think
her
death was a mere诉reieose.我认i她的死是一种幸运的
解脱。
—see also press
release
rele.gate /'religeit/ [VN] 1 〜sb/sth (to sth) to
give sb a lower or less important position, rank, etc. than before使贬职；使降级；降低…的地位：She w〇5 then reZegated to
the rote 〇/ assistant.随后她被降级做助手
了 .。，〇 He relegated the incident to the back of his mind. 他将这个事件抛到了脑后。2 [usually passive] (espedfl//y
BrB) to move a sports team,
especially a football (soccer)
team, to a lower position within an official league使（运动队，尤指足球队）降级；使降组ES3