4PHRASE 松了口气;如释重负 If people breathe or heave a sigh of relief, they feel happy that something unpleasant has not happened or is no longer happening. 松了口气;如释重负
There was a big sigh of relief once the economic reform plan was agreed.
经济改革计划一获批准,人们都大大舒了一口气。
There was an audible sigh of relief in Washington when the foreign ministers decided to postpone the meeting.
各国外长决定推迟会议后,华盛顿如释重负。
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Use sigh with:
VERB.
breathe a sigh, give a sigh, hear a sigh, heave a sigh, let out a sigh1
ADJECTIVE | VERB + SIGH | SIGH + VERB | PREPOSITION | PHRASESADJECTIVE➤big, deep, great, heavy, huge深深的歎息;沉重的歎息▸➤little, slight, small, soft輕輕歎氣;小聲的歎息➤loud, quiet大聲的/輕輕的歎息▸➤audible, silent聽得見的歎息聲;無聲的歎息◇There was an audible sigh of relief when the news came through that nobody was hurt.無人受傷的消息傳來,人們都大大地鬆了口氣。➤inward心裏的歎息◇Nancy heaved an inward sigh but did as her son suggested.南希心裏歎了口氣,但還是照她兒子說的做了。➤exaggerated誇張的歎息聲▸➤long長歎▸➤exhausted, long-suffering, weary筋疲力盡的/忍辱負重的/疲憊的歎息聲➤defeated, resigned失意的/無奈的歎息聲➤wistful傷感的歎息◇His departure prompted a few wistful sighs and the odd tear from admirers.他的離去引來崇拜者的幾聲悲歎和些許眼淚。➤annoyed, exasperated, frustrated, irritated (especially NAmE) 生氣的/惱怒的/失意的/惱火的歎息➤relieved鬆了口氣➤contented, satisfied滿足地/滿意地舒了口氣▸➤collective齊聲歎息◇The crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief.大家同時鬆了一口氣。VERB + SIGH➤breathe, give, heave, let out, release發出歎息◇I breathed a sigh of relief.我鬆了一口氣。➤hold back, repress, stifle, suppress止住歎息;壓住歎息;忍住歎息▸➤hear聽見歎息聲SIGH + VERB➤escape sb某人(不自覺地)發出歎息聲◇A weary sigh escaped him.他疲憊不堪,不自覺地歎了口氣。➤come歎氣◇A heavy sigh came from her mother.她母親深深地歎了口氣。PREPOSITION➤on a sigh在歎息中◇She let out her breath on a sigh.她歎息着舒了口氣。➤with a sigh歎着氣◇'I suppose we'd better get back to work!' he said with a heavy sigh.“我想我們最好回去幹活吧!”他重重地歎了口氣說。➤sigh of⋯的氣息◇She gave a deep sigh of contentment.她心滿意足,深深舒了口氣。PHRASES➤a sigh of relief鬆一口氣➡ note at soundsigh
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ADVERB | PREPOSITIONADVERB➤deeply, heavily深深地/重重地歎氣◇She sighed heavily and sat down.她深深地歎了口氣,坐了下來。➤softly輕輕地歎氣▸➤audibly, loudly出聲地/大聲地歎氣▸➤inwardly心裏歎了口氣▸➤a little小聲歎氣▸➤contentedly, happily滿足地/高興地舒一口氣◇She looked at her son and sighed happily.她看着兒子,高興地舒了口氣。➤dreamily恍惚地歎了口氣◇The girl watching him sighed dreamily.一直在看他的女孩恍惚地歎了口氣。➤dejectedly, sadly, wistfully沮喪地/傷感地/渴望地歎息▸➤resignedly無奈地歎氣▸➤wearily疲憊地歎氣◇He sighed wearily as he looked at the pile of work.看着那一大堆文件,他疲憊地歎了口氣。➤angrily, exasperatedly, impatiently生氣地/惱怒地/不耐煩地歎氣PREPOSITION➤in因⋯歎氣◇He sighed in exasperation.他惱怒地歎了口氣。➤with⋯得歎氣◇We sighed with relief when the noise stopped.噪音停了下來,我們鬆了口氣。