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allay v.减轻；使 ... 缓和 (1) 这药丸可以减轻你的疼痛。(2) 多读书或许可以减少你的疑惑。(3) 雇主被迫缓和骚乱。 When you allay something, you are calming it or reducing difficulties. It is used commonly in the context of to allay concerns and to comfort and some of its many synonyms are alleviate, decrease, mitigate, assuage and mollify. Allay comes from the Old English word alecgan, which means "to put down," as in literally "to lighten." So, if you can allay someone's fears, you are lightening their mood!

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英 [ə'leɪ] 美 [ə'leɪ] (1) There pills will allay your pain.(2) More reading may be allaying your doubt.(3) The employer was forced to allay the tumult. The verb allay is used when you want to make something better or eliminate fears and concerns. 1[VERB 动词]消除（疑虑、恐惧等） If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.   [V n]  [FORMAL 正式]He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.他竭尽所能来消除妻子的各种恐惧。

英语单词	allay
英美音标	英 [ə'leɪ] 美 [ə'leɪ]
中文释义	v.减轻；使 ... 缓和
英语例句	(1) There pills will allay your pain. (2) More reading may be allaying your doubt. (3) The employer was forced to allay the tumult.
中文例句	(1) 这药丸可以减轻你的疼痛。 (2) 多读书或许可以减少你的疑惑。 (3) 雇主被迫缓和骚乱。
vocabulary简明	The verb allay is used when you want to make something better or eliminate fears and concerns.
vocabulary扩展	When you allay something, you are calming it or reducing difficulties. It is used commonly in the context of to allay concerns and to comfort and some of its many synonyms are alleviate, decrease, mitigate, assuage and mollify. Allay comes from the Old English word alecgan, which means "to put down," as in literally "to lighten." So, if you can allay someone's fears, you are lightening their mood!
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]消除（疑虑、恐惧等） If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful. [V n] [FORMAL 正式] He did what he could to allay his wife's fears. 他竭尽所能来消除妻子的各种恐惧。

Allay Fears Someone's 英 ə'Leɪ] 美 ə'Leɪ V.减轻；使 缓和

Allay Fears Someone's 英 ə'Leɪ] 美 ə'Leɪ V.减轻；使缓和