relief

relief
[rə'li:f]
noun
1) (a lessening or stopping of pain, worry, boredom etc: When one has a headache, an aspirin brings relief; He gave a sigh of relief; It was a great relief to find nothing had been stolen.) olajšanje
2) (help (eg food) given to people in need of it: famine relief; (also adjective) A relief fund has been set up to send supplies to the refugees.) pomoč
3) (a person who takes over some job or task from another person, usually after a given period of time: The bus-driver was waiting for his relief; (also adjective) a relief driver.) zamenjava
4) (the act of freeing a town etc from siege: the relief of Mafeking.) osvoboditev
5) (a way of carving etc in which the design is raised above the level of its background: a carving in relief.) relief
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I [rilí:f]
noun
relief, reliefno izbočeno delo; geography izbočenost zemeljske skorje (površine), relief, nadvig, plastična zemljepisna karta; printing reliefni tisk; figuratively živost, plastičnost, reliefnost
in high (low) relief — v visokem (nizkem) reliefu
to bring out in full relief — (z nazornim prikazom) močnó poudariti
to stand out in bold relief against the background — močno (jasno) se odražati (očrtavati) od ozadja
II [rilí:f]
noun
olajšanje, olajšava, osvoboditev, rešitev (from iz, od); ublažitev; tolažba; juridically podpora, pomoč, lek; oprostitev (from od); odškodnina; figuratively počitek, počivanje, okrevanje; ugodna sprememba; military osvoboditev, odrešitev (obleganega mesta, trdnjave); zamenjava (posadke, straže); pojačanje, rezerva
a relief to the eye — blagodejnost, užitek za oko
relief engine — pomožna lokomotiva
relief fund — fond za pomoč (ponesrečencem)
relief secretary — pomožna tajnica
income tax relief — (davčna) olajšava
indoor relief(s) — hospitalizacija
outdoor relief — (zdravniška) pomoč na domu
to be on relief — dobivati socialno podporo
it was a relief to see... — bilo je olajšanje videti...
it was a relief to me — odleglo mi je

English-Slovenian dictionary. 2013.

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