1Customers might be relieved of their disasters through lawsuits. 顾客可以通过诉讼而免受灾难。【1999年text 1的第一题A选项】
2 use poetry to relieve modern stress. 用诗歌来减轻现代的压力【2000年，text3的第三题B选项】
1.relieve：to reduce someone's pain or unpleasant feelings[朗文]减轻(痛苦或不愉快/不舒服的感觉)
[搭配]relieve tension/pressure/stress etc
例句 Drugs helped to relieve the pain.
Some people eat for comfort, to relieve their anxieties.
柯林斯也有相应的解释：
If something relieves an unpleasant feeling or situation, it makes it less unpleasant or causes it to disappear completely.
例句 Drugs can relieve much of the pain.
This should save her from boredom and will also relieve the pressure on you to keep her entertained.
这上面的两个解释意思基本上一样，上面第二句也是同样的意思。
2.relieve sb of sth
[朗文]formal to help someoneby taking something from them, especially a job they do not want to door something heavy that they are carrying将某物拿开从而帮助某人
例句 A secretary was hired to relieve her of some of the administrative work.
He rose and relieved her of her bags.
[柯林斯]If someone or something relieves you of an unpleasant feeling or difficult task, they take it from you.
例句：A part-time bookkeeper will relieve you of the burden of chasing unpaid invoices and paying bills.
这个解释对应于上面1中的意思，relieve customers of their disasters可以这样粗糙的理解：使顾客没有灾难，将灾难从顾客身上拿开。
从这两个选项的设置我们可以看出考研考察的是最基础的东西，柯林斯的解释(英英字典)能很好的区别开来，relieve sb ofsth:....they take it from you. relieve:it makes it lessunpleasant or causes it to disappearcompletely.希望准备考研的朋友好好分析真题里的单词、短语、句子。真题是很值得把玩的，每一篇都会有新的体会。
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