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assuage

英[ə'sweɪdʒ] 美[ə'sweɪdʒ]
  • v. 缓和;减轻;镇定
assuagement assuaged assuaged assuaging assuages
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详细释义

Verb:
  1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;

    "She managed to mollify the angry customer"

  2. satisfy (thirst);

    "The cold water quenched his thirst"

  3. provide physical relief, as from pain;

    "This pill will relieve your headaches"

双语例句

1. The medicine is used to assuage pain.
这种药用来止痛.

来自《简明英汉词典》

2. Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
和她交谈減轻了我的负罪感.

来自《简明英汉词典》

3. To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe.
为了减轻妻子的悲痛,他带她去了欧洲旅游。

来自柯林斯例句

4. She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother.
她装出一副慈母的样子只是想要减轻自己的罪恶感。

来自柯林斯例句

5. " I was only made to assuage my parents'reproductive vanity,'she says bitterly.
“ 我来到这个世上只是为了满足我父母的生育虚荣心. ” 她忿忿地说.

来自时文部分

    用作动词 (v.)
    1. Nothing can assuage the widow's grief.
      什么也不能缓和这寡妇的哀伤。
    2. His reply did little to assuage my suspicions.
      他的答覆一点也没有减少我的怀疑。

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