四级重点词汇对比记忆:轻松ease n.窖易;舒适;闲适 vt.减轻;缓和;使安心[记]每天坐在椅子(ea-se)上,舒适,闲适又安心。[串]使一种东西变得更简单就是缓和和越轻承担。[例]Many college students take part-time jobs toease the burden of their parents and enable theirparents to live a life of ease.许多大学生打工是为了缓和父母的压力,并让父母过上舒适的生活。relieve v.缓和,减轻;轮班[记]阿姨(r-e)看到了礼品(lie-ve),缓和了工作的劳累;阿姨工作很辛劳,给她的礼品就是找个人来轮班(relieve her,和她交班)。[近]ease v.缓和,减轻[变]relief n.安心;缓和;减轻;救济[注]relieve 的名词,-ve 结尾的动词往往会衍变出 f 结尾的名词,由于发音类似。比方 believe(信任);belief(信念)。[搭]relieve sb.of sth.*减轻某人的……(of 可以表达“离开”;缓和压力,就是”让压力离开”)To myrelief...令我安心的是,……[例]The doctors prescribed a large dose of medicine to relieve my grandfather of his pain andsuffering. To my relief, the treatment turned out to be effective.为了缓和爷爷的苦痛和熬煎,医生给他开了大剂量的药。令我宽慰的是,治疗很有效果。disease n.疾病[记]dis-否认;ease 轻松。不轻松,就生病。[近]illness, sicknesscease v.停止[记]c-象形含义是“抓”,ease 轻松。抓住轻松的生活后来,许多人的进取心就停止(cease)了。