| 单词 | palliate |
| 释义 | palliate['pælieit]vt. 减轻, 缓和, 掩饰(罪过等)【医】 缓和, 减轻 palliate pal.li.ate AHD: [p²l“¶-³t”] D.J. [6p#li87e!t]K.K. [6p#li7et]v.tr.（及物动词） pal.li.at.ed,pal.li.at.ing,pal.li.ates 1. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.减轻，缓和：减轻痛苦，掩饰罪过；减轻2. To make less severe or intense; mitigate:掩饰：使不那么严重或紧张；缓和：tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.不成功地尽力去减轻普遍的不满3. To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.减轻：减轻疾病或小病的征兆语源:1. Middle English palliaten 中古英语 palliaten 2. from Late Latin palli³re palli³t- [to cloak, palliate] 源自 后期拉丁语 palli³re palli³t- [包庇，减轻，掩饰] 3. from Latin pallium [cloak] 源自 拉丁语 pallium [包庇] 继承用法:pal”lia“tion n.（名词）pal“lia”tor n.（名词）参考词汇:1. palliate,extenuate,gloss,gloze,whitewash2. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible”: 这些动词所共有的中心意思是：“使错误或罪过看起来不那么严重和应受谴责”： whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at &b{relieve} 掩饰政治纠纷中的官方冲突 参见同义词 relieve |
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