Definition of allay in English:

allay

verb əˈleɪəˈleɪ

[with object]

1Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry)
减轻，消除（恐惧，怀疑，焦虑）
the report attempted to educate the public and allay fears
该报道试图教育公众并减少恐惧。
Example sentencesExamples
- We have already dealt with the worries of local objectors and allayed their fears.
- Education chiefs in York have moved to allay parents' fears about the safety of children travelling to school.
- After years of broken promises, public fears must be allayed once and for all.
- To allay public fears, two meetings will be held at which details of the initial work will be outlined.
- Mr O'Malley moved quickly to allay fears that any recommendations made by the new body would not be accepted.
- Fearful of being accused of complacency, they fail to allay public fears and often play up hypothetical risks.
- If you consider yourself so morally superior, get out there and allay the fears of the ignorant public.
- It is at times like this you realise what ministers are there for - to ease panic, to allay public alarm, to stop crises running out of control.
- Talk of moderation isn't allaying the fears of environmentalists, who are feeling particularly vulnerable these days.
- Both Martens and Cocca have found that education generally allays the public's fears.
- Even worse, the new security measures are more likely to cause alarm than to allay passengers' fears.
- The President and his family, in an attempt to allay public fears, got shots on prime-time television.
- But Mr Halloways claimed the majority of residents did want the scheme to go ahead and it was hoped they would be able to allay the fears of the rest.
- If he was worried about making so many changes, his fears were soon allayed by the attitude of the young newcomers.
- When academics try to allay public fears with statistics, we must always ask who funded that research.
- And any idea or thought that allays this fear is likely to have a huge influence on human conduct.
- In order to allay public fears, experts have been hired to conduct a study of the cracks and determine whether they will affect the dams.
- So the industry was co-funding a £7 million research programme to try to allay public fears.
- There was little the administration could do to confirm the news or allay the fears of the public.
- The primary focus was on immediate actions that could allay fears of a nervous public.
Synonyms
reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, assuage, alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, soften, take the edge off, dull, cushion, mollify, moderate, calm, lull, temper, mitigate, palliate, blunt, deaden, abate, tone down
dispel, banish, dismiss, dissipate, drive away, drive off, chase away, put to rest, quell, check, eliminate
rare lenify
1. 1.1 Relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)
  解除，减轻（痛苦，饥饿）
  some stale figs partly allayed our hunger
  一些不新鲜的无花果部分缓解了我们的饥饿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain.
  Done in moderation it was apparently an indulgence, like chewing gum or tobacco and had possibly developed as a means of allaying hunger in times of famine.
  Rahul did not look at Sanjeet as he wielded the leather crop, but shut his eyes and rolled his head from side to side, slack-mouthed, pain allayed.
  Encased in iron or under glass, such relics were especially esteemed for their power to reverse the course of the body's eventual decay by effecting cures or allaying physical pain.
  It allays a feverish thirst that had parched me for many days.
  Synonyms
  alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve, ameliorate, ease, help, soften, lessen, mitigate, attenuate, salve

Origin

Old English ālecgan 'lay down or aside'.

Rhymes

affray, agley, aka, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea

Definition of allay in US English:

allay

verbəˈleɪəˈlā

[with object]

1Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry)
减轻，消除（恐惧，怀疑，焦虑）
the report attempted to educate the public and allay fears
该报道试图教育公众并减少恐惧。
Example sentencesExamples
- In order to allay public fears, experts have been hired to conduct a study of the cracks and determine whether they will affect the dams.
- After years of broken promises, public fears must be allayed once and for all.
- So the industry was co-funding a £7 million research programme to try to allay public fears.
- Education chiefs in York have moved to allay parents' fears about the safety of children travelling to school.
- The primary focus was on immediate actions that could allay fears of a nervous public.
- It is at times like this you realise what ministers are there for - to ease panic, to allay public alarm, to stop crises running out of control.
- When academics try to allay public fears with statistics, we must always ask who funded that research.
- Even worse, the new security measures are more likely to cause alarm than to allay passengers' fears.
- The President and his family, in an attempt to allay public fears, got shots on prime-time television.
- There was little the administration could do to confirm the news or allay the fears of the public.
- If he was worried about making so many changes, his fears were soon allayed by the attitude of the young newcomers.
- To allay public fears, two meetings will be held at which details of the initial work will be outlined.
- If you consider yourself so morally superior, get out there and allay the fears of the ignorant public.
- Talk of moderation isn't allaying the fears of environmentalists, who are feeling particularly vulnerable these days.
- Both Martens and Cocca have found that education generally allays the public's fears.
- And any idea or thought that allays this fear is likely to have a huge influence on human conduct.
- Fearful of being accused of complacency, they fail to allay public fears and often play up hypothetical risks.
- But Mr Halloways claimed the majority of residents did want the scheme to go ahead and it was hoped they would be able to allay the fears of the rest.
- We have already dealt with the worries of local objectors and allayed their fears.
- Mr O'Malley moved quickly to allay fears that any recommendations made by the new body would not be accepted.
Synonyms
reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, assuage, alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, soften, take the edge off, dull, cushion, mollify, moderate, calm, lull, temper, mitigate, palliate, blunt, deaden, abate, tone down
1. 1.1 Relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger)
  解除，减轻（痛苦，饥饿）
  some stale figs partly allayed our hunger
  一些不新鲜的无花果部分缓解了我们的饥饿。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Done in moderation it was apparently an indulgence, like chewing gum or tobacco and had possibly developed as a means of allaying hunger in times of famine.
  Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain.
  It allays a feverish thirst that had parched me for many days.
  Encased in iron or under glass, such relics were especially esteemed for their power to reverse the course of the body's eventual decay by effecting cures or allaying physical pain.
  Rahul did not look at Sanjeet as he wielded the leather crop, but shut his eyes and rolled his head from side to side, slack-mouthed, pain allayed.
  Synonyms
  alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve, ameliorate, ease, help, soften, lessen, mitigate, attenuate, salve

Origin

Old English ālecgan ‘lay down or aside’.

单词	allay
释义	Definition of allay in English: allay verb əˈleɪəˈleɪ [with object] 1Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry) 减轻，消除（恐惧，怀疑，焦虑） the report attempted to educate the public and allay fears 该报道试图教育公众并减少恐惧。 Example sentencesExamples We have already dealt with the worries of local objectors and allayed their fears. Education chiefs in York have moved to allay parents' fears about the safety of children travelling to school. After years of broken promises, public fears must be allayed once and for all. To allay public fears, two meetings will be held at which details of the initial work will be outlined. Mr O'Malley moved quickly to allay fears that any recommendations made by the new body would not be accepted. Fearful of being accused of complacency, they fail to allay public fears and often play up hypothetical risks. If you consider yourself so morally superior, get out there and allay the fears of the ignorant public. It is at times like this you realise what ministers are there for - to ease panic, to allay public alarm, to stop crises running out of control. Talk of moderation isn't allaying the fears of environmentalists, who are feeling particularly vulnerable these days. Both Martens and Cocca have found that education generally allays the public's fears. Even worse, the new security measures are more likely to cause alarm than to allay passengers' fears. The President and his family, in an attempt to allay public fears, got shots on prime-time television. But Mr Halloways claimed the majority of residents did want the scheme to go ahead and it was hoped they would be able to allay the fears of the rest. If he was worried about making so many changes, his fears were soon allayed by the attitude of the young newcomers. When academics try to allay public fears with statistics, we must always ask who funded that research. And any idea or thought that allays this fear is likely to have a huge influence on human conduct. In order to allay public fears, experts have been hired to conduct a study of the cracks and determine whether they will affect the dams. So the industry was co-funding a £7 million research programme to try to allay public fears. There was little the administration could do to confirm the news or allay the fears of the public. The primary focus was on immediate actions that could allay fears of a nervous public. Synonyms reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, assuage, alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, soften, take the edge off, dull, cushion, mollify, moderate, calm, lull, temper, mitigate, palliate, blunt, deaden, abate, tone down dispel, banish, dismiss, dissipate, drive away, drive off, chase away, put to rest, quell, check, eliminate rare lenify 1.1 Relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger) 解除，减轻（痛苦，饥饿） some stale figs partly allayed our hunger 一些不新鲜的无花果部分缓解了我们的饥饿。 Example sentencesExamples Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain. Done in moderation it was apparently an indulgence, like chewing gum or tobacco and had possibly developed as a means of allaying hunger in times of famine. Rahul did not look at Sanjeet as he wielded the leather crop, but shut his eyes and rolled his head from side to side, slack-mouthed, pain allayed. Encased in iron or under glass, such relics were especially esteemed for their power to reverse the course of the body's eventual decay by effecting cures or allaying physical pain. It allays a feverish thirst that had parched me for many days. Synonyms alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve, ameliorate, ease, help, soften, lessen, mitigate, attenuate, salve Origin Old English ālecgan 'lay down or aside'. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, gainsay, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea Definition of allay in US English: allay verbəˈleɪəˈlā [with object] 1Diminish or put at rest (fear, suspicion, or worry) 减轻，消除（恐惧，怀疑，焦虑） the report attempted to educate the public and allay fears 该报道试图教育公众并减少恐惧。 Example sentencesExamples In order to allay public fears, experts have been hired to conduct a study of the cracks and determine whether they will affect the dams. After years of broken promises, public fears must be allayed once and for all. So the industry was co-funding a £7 million research programme to try to allay public fears. Education chiefs in York have moved to allay parents' fears about the safety of children travelling to school. The primary focus was on immediate actions that could allay fears of a nervous public. It is at times like this you realise what ministers are there for - to ease panic, to allay public alarm, to stop crises running out of control. When academics try to allay public fears with statistics, we must always ask who funded that research. Even worse, the new security measures are more likely to cause alarm than to allay passengers' fears. The President and his family, in an attempt to allay public fears, got shots on prime-time television. There was little the administration could do to confirm the news or allay the fears of the public. If he was worried about making so many changes, his fears were soon allayed by the attitude of the young newcomers. To allay public fears, two meetings will be held at which details of the initial work will be outlined. If you consider yourself so morally superior, get out there and allay the fears of the ignorant public. Talk of moderation isn't allaying the fears of environmentalists, who are feeling particularly vulnerable these days. Both Martens and Cocca have found that education generally allays the public's fears. And any idea or thought that allays this fear is likely to have a huge influence on human conduct. Fearful of being accused of complacency, they fail to allay public fears and often play up hypothetical risks. But Mr Halloways claimed the majority of residents did want the scheme to go ahead and it was hoped they would be able to allay the fears of the rest. We have already dealt with the worries of local objectors and allayed their fears. Mr O'Malley moved quickly to allay fears that any recommendations made by the new body would not be accepted. Synonyms reduce, diminish, decrease, lessen, assuage, alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, soften, take the edge off, dull, cushion, mollify, moderate, calm, lull, temper, mitigate, palliate, blunt, deaden, abate, tone down 1.1 Relieve or alleviate (pain or hunger) 解除，减轻（痛苦，饥饿） some stale figs partly allayed our hunger 一些不新鲜的无花果部分缓解了我们的饥饿。 Example sentencesExamples Done in moderation it was apparently an indulgence, like chewing gum or tobacco and had possibly developed as a means of allaying hunger in times of famine. Our long association has taught me that confiding in others allays pain. It allays a feverish thirst that had parched me for many days. Encased in iron or under glass, such relics were especially esteemed for their power to reverse the course of the body's eventual decay by effecting cures or allaying physical pain. Rahul did not look at Sanjeet as he wielded the leather crop, but shut his eyes and rolled his head from side to side, slack-mouthed, pain allayed. Synonyms alleviate, assuage, palliate, relieve, ameliorate, ease, help, soften, lessen, mitigate, attenuate, salve Origin Old English ālecgan ‘lay down or aside’.
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