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单词 safety valve
释义
safety valve
noun[C]
uk
/ˈseɪf.ti ˌvælv/us
/ˈseɪf.ti ˌvælv/

safety valvenoun[C](MACHINE)

asmallparton amachinethatallowssteamorgastoescapeif thepressureinside themachinebecomestoo high
安全阀
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Machines - parts
  • air compressor
  • air filter
  • axle
  • cogwheel
  • compressor
  • console
  • control panel
  • controller
  • cowl
  • differential gear
  • guard
  • instrumentation
  • jet
  • plunger
  • regulator
  • slide
  • split pin
  • universal joint
  • vee belt
  • wheel
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safety valvenoun[C](FEELINGS)

a way of gettingridofstrongfeelingswithoutcausingharm:
发泄情绪的途径，疏导情绪的方法
For manypeoplewhosufferfromstressatwork,sportis avitalsafetyvalve.对许多承受工作压力的人来说，体育运动是一个重要的减压方法。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Strong feelings
  • afire
  • all-consuming
  • anguish
  • anguished
  • ardent
  • ferociously
  • fierce
  • fierceness
  • fit to burstidiom
  • fulminating
  • passions run highidiom
  • pungently
  • rabidly
  • reinforced
  • rhapsodic
  • searing
  • tempestuous
  • tingle
  • torrid
  • virulent
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(Definition ofsafety valvefrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

safety valve| American Dictionary

safety valve
noun[C]
us/ˈseɪf·ti ˌvælv/
adeviceon amachinethatallowssteamorgastoescapeif there is too muchpressure:
fig.Forpeoplewithstressfuljobs,weekendsin thecountrycan be a good safety valve.
(Definition ofsafety valvefrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

safety valve| Business English

safety valve
noun[C]
uk
us
PRODUCTION
apartof amachinethatopenstoreleasepressureif itbecomestoo high:
Theprocessinvolvesshuttingsafetyvalvesbeneath the water'ssurfacetopreventoilandgasreleases.
something in asystemorsituationthathelpswhenproblemsbecometoogreat:
Experts say there must be asafetyvalvebuiltinto thesystemtorelievethestresscausedby aneconomicslowdown.
There's nosafetyvalve, likehigherairfareprices, tooffsethigheroilprices.
(Definition ofsafety valvefrom theCambridge Business English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofsafety valve

safety valve
The continuous decline in precious-metal content was thesafetyvalvethat made possible the stability of prices expressed in trade coins.
From theCambridge English Corpus
It also analyses how the periphery both challenged the hegemonic dreams of planned communities and became asafetyvalveto release tensions from the camps.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But whereas supporters of unfettered emigration saw it as asafetyvalvefor population pressure, others saw it a wasted investment by the state.
From theCambridge English Corpus
This strategy would seem to be asafetyvalvethe video creates so as to prevent white viewers from feeling implicated by the song.
From theCambridge English Corpus
When the captain tied down the boilersafetyvalve, the engines generated enormous and sometimes boiler-exploding power.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Freedom to opt for or against application can therefore be seen as a 'safetyvalve' which protects general consensus in the network.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Why does our cosmic system not feature a built-insafetyvalvetriggered by harm that is large-scale, intense, and mostly undeserved?
From theCambridge English Corpus
However, life's finiteness is an insufficiently compassionatesafetyvalve.
From theCambridge English Corpus
But therein exactly lies thesafetyvalve.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Perhaps one could view the shortness of life spans as such asafetyvalve, since no matter how horrible the suffering one incurs, it does come to a foreseeable end.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Another form ofsafetyvalveis substitution.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Since the 1960s and increased international aid the population has grown and, despite thesafetyvalve of emigration, outgrown the natural resources hastening degradation of the agricultural base.
From theCambridge English Corpus
A democracy, by its very nature, needs thesafetyvalveof humour and offence in order to operate properly.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
It has acted as asafetyvalveand as a conciliator.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
That provides estate agents with the necessarysafetyvalve.
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Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0
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