Word · Frequency #10607
Fully loadedremissions
减轻;缓解;减免
remissions is the plural of remission.
A reduction in the amount of something owed, required, or harmful, such as debt, work, or the symptoms of an illness.
作“缓解”解时,常指疾病症状减轻或消失;作“减免”解时指债务、费用等的减少。
- 1.
A pardon of a sin; (chiefly historical, also figuratively) the forgiveness of an offence, or relinquishment of a (legal) claim or a debt.
赦罪;宽恕过错,或放弃(法律)权利主张或债务。
- 2.
A lessening of amount due, as in either money or work, or intensity of a thing.
应付款项(如金钱或工作)的减少;事物强度的减轻。
- 3.
An act of remitting, returning, or sending back.
交还、退回或送回的行为。
- 4.
Reflection or back-scattering of light by a material; (to send back)
材料对光的反射或反向散射;(送回)
宽恕;赦免;免除;寄回;送回;汇回;反射;回射;反向散射;赦罪;宽恕过错,或放弃(法律)权利主张或债务。;应付款项(如金钱或工作)的减少;事物强度的减轻。
In use
After the chemotherapy, the patient's cancer went into remission.
Doctors were surprised by the sudden remission of her symptoms.
The disease remained in remission for over a year.
be in remission
表示疾病处于缓解状态。
The patient has been in remission for two years.
这位患者已经缓解两年了。
go into remission
强调进入缓解状态的过程。
Her cancer went into remission after chemotherapy.
化疗后她的癌症进入缓解期。
a remission of symptoms
指症状的减轻或消失。
The drug caused a remission of symptoms in most patients.
Connections
Collocations
- complete remission
- 完全缓解
- The patient achieved complete remission after two years of treatment.经过两年的治疗,患者达到了完全缓解。
- partial remission
- 部分缓解
- Doctors confirmed only a partial remission of the disease.医生确认疾病仅为部分缓解。
- spontaneous remission
- 自然缓解
- Spontaneous remission occurs in some rare cases.在某些罕见情况下会出现自然缓解。
- remission of sins
- 赦罪
- The priest spoke of the remission of sins through confession.牧师讲到通过忏悔获得赦罪。
- debt remission
- 债务减免
- The government offered debt remission to the poorest farmers.政府向最贫穷的农民提供债务减免。
- remission of symptoms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
re(回)+ mission(任务)→ 把任务送回或减轻,病情缓解、罪过被宽恕。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:医学语境、正式报道或文书 remission 是较正式的词,多用于医学语境,表示疾病症状减轻或消退;在正式报道或文书中也可见,日常口语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
这些词中,permission、admission、submission、omission、transmission 都与 remission 押韵,都以 /ˈmɪʃən/ 结尾。注意 revision 虽然拼写以 -sion 结尾,但发音是 /ˈvɪʒən/,与 remission 不押韵,容易混淆。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1,建议结合例句记忆,而不是只背中文释义。
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