【时讯】Relief 几种用法

" iamlibinandmyquestionistheusageofrelief.e.g." itwasarelieftobeabletotalktosomeoneaboutit ".the problem is ' relief if "

李彬

the word 'relief' is uncountable，butisalsopossibletouseitasacountablenoun.youmayheartheexpresion " ohwhatarelief！"

in this case，itisonlyusedinthesingularform:thereisnopluralversionofit。

here ' relief ' referstoafeelingofcomfortwhensomethingfrighteningorworryingisabouttohappenbutthendoesn ' t.perhapsyouthought series

thesamethinghappenswiththenormallyuncountablenouns ' Pity ' and ' shame '。

what a pity！

what a shame！

listenandfindoutmoreabouttheword ' relief '。

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