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alleviate vt.减轻；使 ... 缓和 (1) 他们以唱歌来减轻等候的厌烦。(2) 医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。(3) 这种药会减轻你的嗓子痛。(4) 他只能借酒浇愁。(5) 他讲了个笑话以缓解室内紧张的气氛。 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.

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英 [ə'liːvieɪt] 美 [ə'liːvieɪt] (1) They alleviated the boredom of waiting by singing songs.(2) The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.(3) This medicine will alleviate your sore throat.(4) He could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.(5) He told a joke to alleviate the tense atmosphere in the room. Do all these words make your head ache? If so, take an aspirin to alleviate, or relieve, your pain. 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。

英语单词	alleviate
英美音标	英 [ə'liːvieɪt] 美 [ə'liːvieɪt]
中文释义	vt.减轻；使 ... 缓和
英语例句	(1) They alleviated the boredom of waiting by singing songs. (2) The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain. (3) This medicine will alleviate your sore throat. (4) He could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking. (5) He told a joke to alleviate the tense atmosphere in the room.
中文例句	(1) 他们以唱歌来减轻等候的厌烦。 (2) 医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。 (3) 这种药会减轻你的嗓子痛。 (4) 他只能借酒浇愁。 (5) 他讲了个笑话以缓解室内紧张的气氛。
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。

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