assuage
英 [ə'sweɪdʒ]
美[ə'swedʒ]
- vt. 平息；缓和；减轻
英英释意
- 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.
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