relieved

🇬🇧 UK/ri'li:vd/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

adj.

Feeling glad that something unpleasant has ended or not happened.

感到宽慰的,如释重负的

🧩 Root Breakdown

Root-derived
reagain, back
+
lievroot
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edpast tense / completed
=relieved

Common Collocations

  • 1.feel relieved感到宽慰
  • 2.look relieved看起来如释重负
  • 3.[greatly relieved]大为宽慰
  • 4.relieved to hear听到后松了口气

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    She was relieved to hear that her son had arrived home safely.

  • 2.

    He felt relieved when the doctor told him the test results were normal.

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