词汇精选：relaxation的用法和辨析
一、详细释义：
n.
松弛，放松 [U]
例句：
Relaxation exercises can free your body of tension.
放松运动可以松缓身体的紧张。
例句：
Relaxation techniques are taught in hospitals in order to help all sorts of conditions.
医院里教人学习放松技巧以应对各种各样的病情。
例句：
Incorporate relaxation exercises into your work day.
在日常工作中做些放松运动。
缓和，减轻 [U]
例句：
We stand firmly for the maintenance of world peace, for the relaxation of international tension and for arms reduction.
我们坚决主张维护世界和平，缓和国际紧张局势，裁减军备。
例句：
An atmosphere of relaxation prevails in the Taiwan Straits for the first time in the past four decades.
台湾海峡出现了四十余年来前所未有的缓和气氛。
消遣，娱乐 [U,C]
例句：
Their public services have entitled them to the rest and relaxation of a voyage of this kind.
他们那样热心公益服务，现在理当有机会稍稍休息，在这样一次航行中让身心舒畅一下。
例句：
I play golf for relaxation.
我打高尔夫球散散心。
二、词义辨析：
comfort,ease,leisure,relaxation,relief,rest
这些名词均含“舒适，安逸、悠闲”之意。comfort通常指在摆脱烦人、痛苦的事情，或在要求、愿望得到满足后所感到的舒适。ease指因没有担心和忧虑而轻松。leisure专指闲暇时间或悠闲状态。relaxation强调消除肌肉疲劳或思想的紧张状态，使身心松弛，得到休息。relief侧重有消除痛苦、不适或困难的负担，常暗含不利因素已不存在的意味。rest与work相对，强调水分除身心痛劳，不着重休息方式。
三、相关短语：
relaxation method
松弛法，弛豫法
relaxation time
弛豫时间，阻尼时间，缓和时间
四、参考例句：
I play golf for relaxation.
我打高尔夫球散心。
Incorporate relaxation exercises into your work day.
在日常工作中做些放松运动。
Relaxation exercises can free your body of tension.
放松运动可以松缓身体的紧张。
We incline to rest and relaxation these days.
这几天我们想休息轻松一下。
His day is evenly divided between work and relaxation.
他每天的时间一半用于工作，一半用于娱乐。
Try to keep work and relaxation in balance.
尽量保持工作与休闲平衡。
That's plenty of time for fun, relaxation and more importantly, recharging the batteries.
这段时间足够用来放松、玩乐或补充能量。
Make a calming lavender air freshener to encourage relaxation and restfulness.
制作一个薰衣草空气清新剂，可以放松心情，缓解疲劳。
Relaxation techniques are taught in hospitals in order to help all sorts of conditions.
医院里教人学习放松技巧以应对各种各样的病情。
Relaxation is the key to being an internet sensation according to this picture of Marutaro.
根据Marutaro的这张照片不难判断，放松是成为网络爆红的关键因素。
