release

1. V-T 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. 放走[usu passive]

He was released from custody the next day. 他第二天被從拘留中釋放。

2. N-COUNT When someone is released, you refer to their release. 釋放[with supp]

He called for the immediate release of all political prisoners. 他要求立即釋放所有的政治犯。

3. V-T If someone or something releases you from a duty, task, or feeling, they free you from it. 解除[正式]

Divorce releases both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other. 離婚解除了夫妻相互之間的所有婚姻義務(wù)。

4. N-UNCOUNT Release is also a noun. 解除[also 'a' N, oft N 'from' N]

Our therapeutic style offers release from stored tensions, traumas, and grief. 我們的治療方式意在解除蓄積的壓力、創(chuàng)傷和悲痛。

5. V-T To release feelings or abilities means to allow them to be expressed. 釋放

Becoming your own person releases your creativity. 保持你自己的本色可以釋放出你的創(chuàng)造力。

6. N-UNCOUNT Release is also a noun. 釋放

She felt the sudden sweet release of her own tears. 她感到自己的眼淚突然而甜蜜地流出來。

7. V-T If someone in authority releases something such as a document or information, they make it available. 發(fā)放

They're not releasing any more details yet. 他們還不準(zhǔn)備發(fā)放更多詳情。

8. N-COUNT Release is also a noun. 發(fā)放

Action had been taken to speed up the release of cheques. 已采取行動來加速支票的發(fā)放。

9. V-T If you release someone or something, you stop holding them. 放開[正式]

He stopped and faced her, releasing her wrist. 他停下來面對著她，放開了她的手腕。

10. V-T 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. 釋放

...a weapon that releases toxic nerve gas. …一種釋放神經(jīng)毒氣的武器。

11. N-COUNT Release is also a noun. 釋放

Under the agreement, releases of cancer-causing chemicals will be cut by about 80 percent. 根據(jù)這個協(xié)議，致癌化學(xué)物的釋放將被削減80％左右。

12. V-T When an entertainer or company releases a new CD, DVD, or movie, it becomes available so that people can buy it or see it. 發(fā)行

He is releasing an album of love songs. 他將發(fā)行一張情歌專輯。

13. N-COUNT A new release is a new CD, DVD, or movie that has just become available for people to buy or see. 發(fā)行物

Of the new releases that are out there now, which do you think are really good?

現(xiàn)在外面新的發(fā)行物中，你覺得哪些真正好呢？

14. →see also press release