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单词 assuage
释义
assuage
əsw əˈsweɪdʒ æˈsweɪdʒ
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense assuages, present participle assuaging, past tense , past participle assuaged
1 VERB 缓和,减轻(不快) If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. 缓和,减轻(不快) [literary]
  • To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe. [VERB noun]

    为了减轻妻子的悲痛,他带她去了欧洲旅游。

  • She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother. [VERB noun]

    她装出一副慈母的样子只是想要减轻自己的罪恶感。

SYN relieve, ease, calm, moderate
2 VERB 满足(需要、欲望) If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it. 满足(需要、欲望) [literary]
  • The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger. [VERB noun]

    他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。

SYN calm, still, quiet, relax
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