[] if you are given relief from a debt, a payment, tax, etc. then you do not have to pay it or you pay it at a lower rate （债务、付款、税收等的）减免◆The organization is asking for relief from fuel tax. 这个机构正呼吁减免燃油税。◆The bank has agreed to some interest relief on loan repayments. 银行同意适度减免还贷利息。⨁to give / offer / provide relief 给予／提出／提供减免⨁to claim / gain / get / receive relief 要求／获得／得到／接受减免⨁to be eligible for / be entitled to / qualify for relief 有资格享受／有权／有资格获得减免
[] help given to a country or people after a war or natural disaster, etc. （给战後或灾後等的国家或人民提供的）救济，救援物资◆emergency/flood relief 紧急／洪灾救济物资⨁to give / provide / send relief 给予／提供／运送救济物资⨁a relief agency / organization / worker 救助机构／组织；救援工作者
[] () financial help given by the government to people who need it 救济金◆state and federal relief funds 州政府和联邦政府的救济金◆relief for farmers whose crops have suffered from the hot weather 给予因天气过热而使庄稼受灾的农民的救济金➡benefit noun (2)
[] (often used as an adjective 常用作形容词) a person or group of people that replaces another when they have finished working for the day or when they are ill/sick 替班者；换班者；接替人◆The relief crew comes on duty at 9 o'clock. 换班的员工 9 点钟接班。◆relief drivers 换班的司机