英英释义
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verb
一. provide physical relief, as from pain
e.g. This pill will relieve your headaches
Synonym: relievealleviatepalliate
二. satisfy (thirst)
e.g. The cold water quenched his thirst
Synonym: quenchslakeallay
三. cause to be more favorably inclined
gain the good will of
e.g. She managed to mollify the angry customer
Synonym: pacifylenifyconciliateappeasemollifyplacategentlegruntle
一. 缓和,减轻(不快)
If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
e.g. 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。
e.g. 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。
二. 满足(需要、欲望)
If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it.
e.g. The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.
他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。
一. 缓和,宽慰,满足(食欲):Unorthodox 非正统的,异端的 | Assuage 缓和,宽慰,满足(食欲) | Amicable 亲切的,和蔼的
二. assuage的近义词
二. 缓和, 减轻, 镇定:ASST || American Society for Steel Treating 美国钢处理协会 | assuage || 缓和, 减轻, 镇定 | assuagement || 缓和, 缓和物
三. 缓和,减轻:ASSORTED 混杂的 | ASSUAGE 缓和,减轻 | ASSUME 假定
经典引文
They need medicine..to assuage the disease.
出自:BaconHe had once gone three days without water..in order to experience the exquisite delight of such a thirst assuaged.
出自:J. LondonAssuaging her fears by day and her lusts by night.
出自:N. Algren近义词
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