alleviate
alleviate 英 [əˈli:vieɪt] 美 [əˈliviˌet]
vt. 减轻，缓和
进行时:alleviating 过去式:alleviated 过去分词:alleviated 第三人称单数:alleviates 名词复数:alleviates
- Do all these words make your head ache? If so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your pain.
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- vt. 减轻，缓和
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1. to alleviate suffering
减轻苦难
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2. A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.
采取了一系列措施缓解这个问题。
- alleviate (v.) early 15c., " to mitigate, relieve (sorrows, suffering, etc.)," from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare "lift up, raise," figuratively "to lighten (a burden), comfort, console," from assimilated form of Latin ad "to" (see ad-) + levis "light" in weight (from PIE root *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight"). Related: Alleviated; alleviating.
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