带来/寻求/找到/予以/感到解脱

much to ones relief=to ones great relief

使某人宽慰的是¡­¡­

relief road 备用车道

relief map 地形图

I felt great relief when I heard I had passed the examination.

当听到已经通过考试时，我感到轻松了许多。

联想拓展：

relieve ones feelings 发泄感情

relieve sb. of 使某人解除

The minister was relieved of his post.

部长被解除了职务。

高手过招：

单项填空

Hearing the news that her son was found, she breathed a sigh of .

A.excitement B. joy C. relief D. belief

解析：选C。按照句意此处为¡°减轻忧虑，松了一口气¡±，C项符合句意。

5. assume

vt. 设想，假定；主观认为；装出¡­¡­的样子

常用结构：

assume sb./sth. to be 假定/认为某人/事是¡­¡­

We assumed that you understood the situation.

我们认为你了解形势。

He assumed a wellinformed manner but in fact he knows very little. 他装出一副见多识广的样子，而实际上他知之甚少。

联想拓展：

assumed adj.假装的，假的；假定的，设想的

an assumed result假定的结果

assuming adj.自负的，傲慢的，过分自信的；

conj. 假如 (后跟从句)

assumption n. 假定，设想

His look of astonishment was assumed.

他那惊讶的样子是装出来的。

He is too assuming in this attitude about the energy supply.他在对待能源问题的态度上显得过于自信。

Assuming that the weather is favourable, farmers will have a bumper harvest.

假如风调雨顺，今年农民将获丰收。

高手过招

完成句子

①假如今天下午下雨我们该怎么办呢？

this afternoon, what shall we do?

②在证实他有罪之前我们必须要假定他是清白的。

We innocent until he is proved