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America offered an initial $500,000 in relief aid.
    美國提供首批50萬美元賑災(zāi)援助。
    涉及到社會福利性質(zhì)的救濟(jì)或救濟(jì)品,常用到這個詞relief,英文的解釋是,aid for the aged or indigent or handicapped(對于年老、貧困或殘疾人的幫助)。在各種災(zāi)害中的賑災(zāi)援助,就是relief aid。
    例句:
    Aid has begun arriving from other countries, with Russia sending a plane with 30 tons of relief supplies.
    隨著俄羅斯派遣飛機(jī)運(yùn)送30噸救災(zāi)物資,其他國家的援助開始(陸續(xù))抵達(dá)。
    He has been on relief for many years. 他領(lǐng)救濟(jì)很多年了。