assuage
美音:[əs´weıdʒ
]
英音:[əs´weıdʒ
]
vt.缓和,减轻,镇定
难易程度:
assuage为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:assuagement 动词过去式:assuaged 过去分词:assuaged 现在分词:assuaging 第三人称单数:assuages
词根
ad-=to,at,for 表示方向、变化、完成、附加、增加、开始，或只表加强的重要字首 变化型 ab-,ac-,af-,ag-,al-,an-,ap-,ar-,as-,at-
近义词, 同义词
moderation temperateness gentleness sobriety quiet clam calmness relaxation remission mitigation assuagement pacification peacefulness golden meanbe moderate settle down keep the peace relent moderate soften mitigate temper mollify blunt subdue chasten lessen decrease check palliate tranquilize pacify assuage appease mellow
相关词
assuage
/ə'sweɪdʒ; ə`swedʒ/
v [Tn] (fml 文) make (sth) less severe; soothe 减轻; 缓和; 平息
*assuage one's hunger, thirst, grief, longing, etc 充饥, 解渴, 减轻悲痛, 抑制欲念.
v [Tn] (fml 文) make (sth) less severe; soothe 减轻; 缓和; 平息
*assuage one's hunger, thirst, grief, longing, etc 充饥, 解渴, 减轻悲痛, 抑制欲念.
assuage
v [T]literary
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuaviare, from Latin ad- 'to' + suavis 'sweet']
to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe
= relieve
Nothing could assuage his guilt.
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French;Origin: assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuaviare, from Latin ad- 'to' + suavis 'sweet']
to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe
= relieve
Nothing could assuage his guilt.
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