跟我背CET4核心词汇:release

　　release

　　vt. 释放; 放开 set free; allow to come out

　　vt. 发布; 发行; 发售 allow to be known or published; allow to be exhibited or to be placed on sale

　　同义词

　　n. departure，discharge，freeing，handout

　　v. discharge，free，let go，turn

　　反义词

　　v. confine，freeze，hold，take hold

　　参考例句

　　1. He was released from prison after serving a sentence of five years.

　　他在服刑五年后从狱中释放出来。

　　2. He says the release of the 15 sailors is an Easter gift.

　　并说这15个水手释放是作为一件复活节礼物。

　　3. Nobody should have to seek temporary accommodation after release from prison.

　　从监狱释放出来后，没有人要去寻求临时住所。

　　双语释义

　　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

　　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

　　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

　　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

　　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：Theyre 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

　　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

　　常见用法

　　用作名词

　　The prisoner was questioned before his release.

　　囚犯被释放之前受到了审问。

　　TWC will release the movie in North America.

　　威斯腾公司将在北美发行本片。

　　Release our second German Album.

　　发行了我们第二张德国专辑。

　　用作及物动词

　　The prisoner was questioned before his release.

　　囚犯被释放之前受到了审问。

　　The puffball is ready to release its spores.

　　尘菌已经要释放孢子了。

　　Boeing is also developing a special carriage release system for the weapon.

　　波音为此也开发了特殊的对该武器的运送发射系统。

　　The electrons in the upper band eventually release energy, thereby emitting photons.

　　上层能带中的电子最后会发射光子释放能量。