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alleviate vt.使(痛苦等)易于忍受,减轻 The verb, alleviate, stems from the Latin root, levis "light" and is related to modern English words such as elevator and levitate — both words implying a lightening of one's load. Alleviate also has this sense of lightening a burden such as physical pain or emotional duress. You can take medicine to alleviate symptoms or do exercise to alleviate stress. Or if you want a bigger challenge: try alleviating traffic congestion or world hunger. 1[VERB 动词]减轻，缓解（痛苦等） If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.如今，减轻背部疼痛可以有许多方法。...the problem of alleviating mass poverty.摆脱普遍贫困的难题alleviationTheir energies were focussed on the alleviation of the refugees' misery.他们把精力集中在减轻难民们的苦难上。

Accepted Answer

[ə'li:vieit] Do all these words make your head ache? If so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your pain. ★☆☆☆☆

英语单词	alleviate
英美音标	[ə'li:vieit]
中文释义	vt.使(痛苦等)易于忍受,减轻
vocabulary简明	Do all these words make your head ache? If so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your pain.
vocabulary扩展	The verb, alleviate, stems from the Latin root, levis "light" and is related to modern English words such as elevator and levitate — both words implying a lightening of one's load. Alleviate also has this sense of lightening a burden such as physical pain or emotional duress. You can take medicine to alleviate symptoms or do exercise to alleviate stress. Or if you want a bigger challenge: try alleviating traffic congestion or world hunger.
柯林斯星级	★☆☆☆☆
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]减轻，缓解（痛苦等） If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain. 如今，减轻背部疼痛可以有许多方法。 ...the problem of alleviating mass poverty. 摆脱普遍贫困的难题 alleviation Their energies were focussed on the alleviation of the refugees' misery. 他们把精力集中在减轻难民们的苦难上。

Alleviate Words Make Pain Lightening Alleviating Alleviation ə'Li:Vieit