assuages; assuaged; assuaging
assuages; assuaged; assuaging
Learner's definition of ASSUAGE
[+ object] formal
: to make (something, such as an unpleasant feeling) less painful, severe, etc.减轻，缓和，缓解（不快） -
The company tried to assuage [=soothe, calm, ease] investors' fears.公司尽力减轻投资者的恐惧。
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City officials needed to assuage [=lessen, relieve] neighbors' concerns about the new factory.市政官员需要缓解相邻地区对新工厂的忧虑。
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He couldn't assuage his guilt over the divorce.他无法排解对离婚的负罪感。
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trying to assuage [=alleviate] his hunger/thirst努力缓解他的饥饿/口渴