assuage是什么意思,assuage怎么读


assuage基本信息

读法:英 [ə"sweɪdʒ] 美 [ə"swedʒ]

释义:

  • vt. 平息;缓和;减轻
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    英英释义

    Verb:

  • cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  • satisfy (thirst);"The cold water quenched his thirst"
  • provide physical relief, as from pain;"This pill will relieve your headaches"
  • 中英词源

    assuage 缓和

    前缀as- 同ad-. 词根suav, 甜,同sweet, persuade.

    assuage
    assuage: see persuade
    assuage (v.)
    c. 1300, from Anglo-French assuager, Old French assoagier "soften, moderate, alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify," from Vulgar Latin *adsuaviare, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + suavis "sweet, agreeable" (see sweet (adj.)). For sound development in French, compare deluge from Latin diluvium, abridge from abbreviare. Related: Assuaged; assuaging.

    词态变化

    第三人称单数 assuages;
    过去式 assuaged;
    过去分词 assuaged;
    现在分词 assuaging;

    权威造句

    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

    近反义词

  • moderate 适度的
  • alleviate 减轻
  • allay 减轻
  • ease 容易
  • pacify 使 ... 平静
  • quiet 安静的
  • lessen 减少
  • soften (使)变柔和
  • relieve 救济
  • appease 安抚
  • calm 平静的
  • conciliate 安抚
  • placate 抚慰
  • restrain 抑制
  • satisfy 使满意
  • mitigate 减轻
  • temper 脾气
  • silence 沉默
  • sympathize 同情
  • suffice 足够
  • loosen 松开
  • check 检查
  • slake 消除
  • quench 熄灭
  • mollify 安慰
  • palliate 减轻
  • gentle 温和的
  • lenify 安慰
  • gruntle 使高兴
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