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alleviate ☞alleviatev. [ǝ′lɪːvɪeɪt] (alleviates; alleviated; alleviating)
双解释义 vt. 减轻，缓解，缓和 make (sth) less severe; ease 词汇搭配 ～+名词 ～ ache 减轻痛苦 ～ an economic crisis 缓和经济危机 ～ difficulties 减轻困难 ～ distress 减轻痛苦 ～ ethnic animosity 缓和种族仇恨 ～ pain 减轻疼痛 ～ sb's sorrow 减轻某人的痛苦 ～ severe economic downturn 使严重的经济滑坡缓和下来 ～ suffering 减轻苦恼 ～ tension 缓和紧张局势 ～ the burden 减轻负担句型例句 用作及物动词 ▲ S+～+n./pron. The drug will alleviate her suffering. 这药可以减轻她的痛苦。 This painkiller has slightly alleviated my toothache. 这种止痛药略微减了一些我的牙痛。 This money should alleviate our financial problems. 这笔钱应该能缓和我们的财政问题。 We alleviated the boredom of waiting by reading books. 我们以读书来减轻等候的厌烦。 The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain. 医生开了一些镇痛药。 We want to help alleviate an economic crisis. 我们想帮助他们缓解经济危机。 A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem. 采取了一系列措施缓解这个问题。 The UN's most important objective is to alleviate world poverty. 联合国最重要的目标是缓解世界贫困状况。◇ 用于be ～ed结构 Her sorrow had been apparently alleviated. 她明显地不像原先那样悲伤了。词语辨异 ♣ alleviate, allay, assuage, lighten, mitigate, relieve 参见relieve条。 补充资料 ［派生词］ alleviation n.缓和；减轻 ［同义词］ ease, reduce, relieve ［反义词］ aggravate, increase, intensify ［词源］后期拉丁语alleviare（减轻，使缓和） |