release /rɪˈliːs/ CET4 TEM4 ( releasing, released, releases )

• 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]

  例：

  He was released from custody the next day.

  他第二天被从拘留中释放。

• 2. 

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

  例：

  He called for the immediate release of all political prisoners.

  他要求立即释放所有的政治犯。

• 3. 

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

  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。

• 4. 

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

  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。

• 5. 

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

  例：

  Becoming your own person releases your creativity.

  保持你自己的本色可以释放出你的创造力。

• 6. 

  N-UNCOUNT Release is also a noun. 释放

  例：

  She felt the sudden sweet release of her own tears.

  她感到自己的眼泪突然而甜蜜地流出来。

• 7. 

  V-T If someone in authority releases something such as a document or information, they make it available. 发放

  例：

  They're not releasing any more details yet.

  他们还不准备发放更多详情。

• 8. 

  N-COUNT Release is also a noun. 发放

  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。

• 9. 

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

  例：

  He stopped and faced her, releasing her wrist.

  他停下来面对着她，放开了她的手腕。

• 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. 释放

  例：

  ...a weapon that releases toxic nerve gas.

  …一种释放神经毒气的武器。

• 11. 

  N-COUNT Release is also a noun. 释放

  例：

  Under the agreement, releases of cancer-causing chemicals will be cut by about 80 percent.

  根据这个协议，致癌化学物的释放将被削减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. 发行

  例：

  He is releasing an album of love songs.

  他将发行一张情歌专辑。

• 13. 

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

  例：

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

  现在外面新的发行物中，你觉得哪些真正好呢？

• 14. 

  → see also press release