alleviate
/əˈliːvɪeɪt/verb
with obj.
- make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe减轻, 缓和：
he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it
他不能解除只能减轻她的痛苦
measures to alleviate unemployment.
缓解失业的举措。
派生词
alleviation
nounalleviative
adjectivealleviator
noun词源
late Middle English: from late Latin alleviat- 'lightened'， from the verb alleviare, from Latin allevare, from ad- 'to' + levare 'raise'， influenced by levis 'light'.