新东方-柯林斯雅思备考词典

releaseIELTS重点词汇

英 [rɪˈliːs]

[NOUN, VERB]

词汇频率：

NOUN. 名词

releases
1. [C 可数名词] 释放
When someone is released, you refer to their release.
近义词
liberation , discharge
反义词
imprisonment
双语例句
例：
He called for the immediate release of all political prisoners.
他要求立即释放所有的政治犯。
例：
Serious complications have delayed his release from hospital.
严重的并发症延迟了他的出院。
2. [U 不可数名词] 解除
If someone or something releases you from a duty, task, or feeling, you call this a release.
双语例句
例：
Our therapeutic style offers release from stored tensions, traumas, and grief.
我们的治疗方式意在解除蓄积的压力、创伤和悲痛。
3. [U 不可数名词] 释放
If you release feelings or abilities, allowing them to be expressed, this is called a release.
双语例句
例：
She felt the sudden sweet release of her own tears.
她的心头掠过一丝甜蜜，眼泪随之涌出。
4. [C 可数名词] 发放
The release of a document or information by someone in authority is when they make it available to the public.
近义词
issue , publication , announcement
双语例句
例：
Action had been taken to speed up the release of cheques.
已采取行动来加速支票的发放。
5. [C 可数名词] 释放 , 排放（气体，热量或某种物质）
A release of gas, heat, or a substance happens when something causes it to leave its container or the substance that it was part of and enter the surrounding atmosphere or area.
近义词
discharge
双语例句
例：
Under the agreement, releases of cancer-causing chemicals will be cut by about 80 per cent.
根据这个协议，致癌化学物的排放量将被削减80％左右。
6. [C 可数名词] 发行物
A new release is a new CD, DVD, or film that has just become available for people to buy or see.
双语例句
例：
Of the new releases that are out there now, which do you think are really good?
如今市面上的发行物中，你觉得哪些才是真正好的呢？

VERB. 动词

releases , releasing , released
1. [T 及物动词] 放走
If a person or animal is released from somewhere where they have been locked up or cared for, they are set free or allowed to go.
近义词
set free , free , liberate
反义词
imprison
双语例句
例：
He was released from custody the next day.
他第二天被从拘留中释放。
例：
He is expected to be released from hospital today.
预计他今天能出院。
例：
He was released on bail.
他被保释出来。
2. [T 及物动词] 解除
If someone or something releases you from a duty, task, or feeling, they free you from it.
双语例句
例：
Divorce releases both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other.
离婚解除了夫妻相互之间的所有婚姻义务。
3. [T 及物动词] 释放
To release feelings or abilities means to allow them to be expressed.
双语例句
例：
Becoming your own person releases your creativity.
保持自己的本色有助于发挥你的创造力。
4. [T 及物动词] 发布 , 公布
If someone in authority releases something such as a document or information, they make it available.
近义词
issue , publish , announce
双语例句
例：
They're not releasing any more details yet.
他们还不准备公布更多详情。
例：
Figures released yesterday show retail sales were down in March.
昨日公布的数字显示三月份的零售额下降了。
5. [T 及物动词] 放开
If you release someone or something, you stop holding them.
双语例句
例：
He stopped and faced her, releasing her wrist.
他停下来面对着她，放开了她的手腕。
6. [T 及物动词] 释放 , 排放（气体，热量或某种物质）
If something releases gas, heat, or a substance, it causes it to leave its container or the substance that it was part of and enter the surrounding atmosphere or area.
近义词
discharge
双语例句
例：
a weapon that releases toxic nerve gas.
一种释放神经毒气的武器。
例：
The contraction of muscles uses energy and releases heat.
肌肉的收缩消耗能量并放出热量。
7. [T 及物动词] 发行
When an entertainer or company releases a new CD, DVD, or film, it becomes available so that people can buy it or see it.
双语例句
例：
He is releasing an album of love songs.
他将发行一张情歌专辑。