relieve

[-v]

verb

1) (to lessen or stop (pain, worry etc): The doctor gave him some drugs to relieve the pain; to relieve the hardship of the refugees.) ublažiti

2) (to take over a job or task from: You guard the door first, and I'll relieve you in two hours.) zamenjati

3) (to dismiss (a person) from his job or position: He was relieved of his post/duties.) odstaviti

4) (to take (something heavy, difficult etc) from someone: May I relieve you of that heavy case?; The new gardener relieved the old man of the burden of cutting the grass.) razbremeniti

5) (to come to the help of (a town etc which is under siege or attack).) odrešiti

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[rilí:v]

1.

transitive verb

olajšati (pritisk itd.); osvoboditi koga (from od, pred); military osvoboditi, rešiti (mesto) obleganja; pomagati, podpirati (reveže itd.); dati duška (svojim čustvom itd.); military izmenjati, zamenjati (stražo); figuratively razbremeniti, osvoboditi bremena ali tovora; ugrabiti, s silo vzeti; razrešiti, zamenjati, odstaviti koga (z dolžnosti, iz službe), odpustiti; poudariti, naglasiti, poživiti (with s čim, by s pomočjo); pomiriti (po)tolažiti;

2.

intransitive verb

ločiti se (from od), odbijati se (against proti, od)

to relieve distress — pomagati v stiski

to relieve nature, to relieve oneself — izprazniti si čreva ali mehur, opraviti veliko oziroma malo potrebo

to relieve one's feelings — dati duška svojim čustvom, olajšati si dušo (srcé)

to relieve s.o. from a duty (responsibility) — oprostiti, razrešiti koga neke dolžnosti (odgovornosti)

to relieve a sentry military izmenjati stražo

I was much relieved to see... — zelo mi je odleglo, ko sem videl...

I was relieved of my purse — olajšali so me za (ukradli so mi) denarnico

he relieved me of my work — razbremenil me je pri delu

the dress is relieved by trimming — okraski poživljajo obleko

to feel relieved — čutiti se olajšanega