palliate

🇬🇧 UK/'pælieit/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

v.

To reduce the severity of symptoms or pain without curing; to make an offense seem less serious

减轻(症状),缓和;掩饰(过失)

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
palliother
+
ateto make, having
=palliate

Common Collocations

  • 1.palliate suffering缓解痛苦
  • 2.palliate pain缓解疼痛

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    The medicine can palliate the pain temporarily but not cure the disease.

  • 2.

    The company tried to palliate its environmental impact through green initiatives.

  • 3.

    Nothing could palliate her grief after the loss of her beloved.

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