| 单词 | salve |
| 释义 | salveWord family nounsalvingsalvabilitysalvationSalvationismSalvationistsalvatorySalvation Armysalveadjectivesalvablesalvificadverbsalvificallyinterjectionsalvete Drugs, medicines salve1 /sælv, sɑːv $ sæv/ noun [countableC, uncountableU] MDa substance that you put on sore skin to make it less painful 〔缓解皮疼痛的〕药膏，软膏 SYN balm lip salve 润唇膏 Examples from the Corpus salve• Our goal is to provide a salve for consumers' fears.• The acceptance of the idea provided him with a curious salve for his guilt.• No touchdowns for the Cowboys, but $ 35 million is a pretty good salve for the old ego.• Can smell the graphite salve, like the smell in a garage.• The graphite salve has iron filings in it, temples scratching.• That would be a neat salve for trade friction.• Send gloves, if you can, and some salve.• Her face was always carefully rouged, her mouth daubed generously with salve. salve2 verb [transitiveT] formal salve your conscience formal GUILTY/FEEL GUILTYif you do something to salve your conscience, you do it to make yourself feel less guilty 使良心得到宽慰，减轻内疚感 SYN ease Examples from the Corpus salve your conscience• But do not let us allow their punishment to salve our consciences.• We are there to salve their conscience and to administer their guilt money.• Don't think you can salve your consciences by giving us money. We won't forgive you that easily.• She felt guilty and tried to salve her conscience by inviting him out for a meal.• The international community has so far salved its conscience by voicing a succession of pious hopes.• It was to salve her conscience, she thought, and make up for her obsessional preoccupation with Nick Frazer.• But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something, and she had not been for two weeks now. Examples from the Corpus salve• However the appointment of staff to fill the new posts meant that our overall complement was little changed and consciences were salved.• But she brought them because it salved her conscience to bring something, and she had not been for two weeks now.• Perhaps, he thought, it helps to salve her own conscience.• Converse had salved his ear in vaseline and bandaged it with cotton and gauze.• I was powerless to salve his guilt, but I felt my own.• The international community has so far salved its conscience by voicing a succession of pious hopes.• We are there to salve their conscience and to administer their guilt money.• Often you can salve their indignation and solve this problem by rewording the sentence. Old English sealf |
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