33. relieve　 減輕,解除　　 relieve sth　　 relieve sb of sth　　 relieve one’s burden

32. reliable 可靠的　 The news comes from a reliable source.

to one's relief 使…寬慰的是…

31. release 放生 　release…from…　 免去,赦免　　 He was released from the prison.　

Don’t release this news to the public until we give you the go-ahead. 在準許前不要公布消息

30. relation　 關系　 the relation of father to son　 父子關系　　 in relation to 和…聯(lián)系起來

29. relate　 涉及　　 We are interested in what relates to us. 我們對與我們有關的感興趣。

　　 　　　relate A to B 把A和B聯(lián)系起來　　　　 I can't relate what he does to what he says.

　 be related to sb 與…有親戚關系　　　　 be relative to 與…有關

related　 有關的　 the related question 一個相關問題

28. regular 常規(guī)的, 固定的　 the regular　 fight 固定航班　 Is this pulse regular ? 脈搏正常嗎？　　　　　 　

　　　　 a regular worker　　　 He has no regular work.

27. to one's regret 使…遺憾 with regret 帶著遺憾 He felt no regret about what he had done.

　　 regret doing　　 regret having done　　 regret to do = be sorry to do

　　 I regret to tell you that you failed in the exam again.

26. regard 問候　　 Please give my regards to your parents.　　

　 　in regard to = with regard to = as for = as to 關于，至于

regarding 關于　 　I knew nothing regarding this case. = I knew nothing as regards this case.

regardless of sth = in spite of = despite 不管，不顧

25. reject 擯棄　 He wanted to join the army but was rejected.　　　 reject a bill 否決議案

　　　　　 He rejected his family’s religious relief.

24. decline　 拒絕, 謝絕　 decline the invitation　　 turn sb down 拒絕