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assuage v.缓和；减轻；镇定 (1) 什么也不能缓和这寡妇的哀伤。(2) 他的答覆一点也没有减少我的怀疑。 The most common things that we assuage are fears, concerns, guilt, grief, anxiety, and anger. That makes a lot of sense — these are all things we seek relief from. The word comes from Old French assouagier, from the Latin root suavis, "sweet" — think of adding a bit of honey to something unpleasant. A word with a similar meaning is mollify.

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英 [ə'sweɪdʒ] 美 [ə'sweɪdʒ] (1) Nothing can assuage the widow's grief.(2) His reply did little to assuage my suspicions. If you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you make it go away. Assuaging your hunger by eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you other unpleasant feelings. 1[VERB 动词]缓和，减轻（不快） If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.   [V n]  [LITERARY 文]To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe...为了减轻妻子的悲痛，他带她去了欧洲旅游。She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother.她装出一副慈母的样子只是想要减轻自己的罪恶感。2[VERB 动词]满足（需要、欲望） If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it.   [V n]  [LITERARY 文]The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger.他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。

英语单词	assuage
英美音标	英 [ə'sweɪdʒ] 美 [ə'sweɪdʒ]
中文释义	v.缓和；减轻；镇定
英语例句	(1) Nothing can assuage the widow's grief. (2) His reply did little to assuage my suspicions.
中文例句	(1) 什么也不能缓和这寡妇的哀伤。 (2) 他的答覆一点也没有减少我的怀疑。
vocabulary简明	If you assuage an unpleasant feeling, you make it go away. Assuaging your hunger by eating a bag of marshmallows may cause you other unpleasant feelings.
vocabulary扩展	The most common things that we assuage are fears, concerns, guilt, grief, anxiety, and anger. That makes a lot of sense — these are all things we seek relief from. The word comes from Old French assouagier, from the Latin root suavis, "sweet" — think of adding a bit of honey to something unpleasant. A word with a similar meaning is mollify.
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]缓和，减轻（不快） If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly. [V n] [LITERARY 文] To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe... 为了减轻妻子的悲痛，他带她去了欧洲旅游。 She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother. 她装出一副慈母的样子只是想要减轻自己的罪恶感。 2 [VERB 动词]满足（需要、欲望） If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it. [V n] [LITERARY 文] The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger. 他们把搞到手的肉拿来充饥。

Assuage Unpleasant Make Things Grief Word Verb 动词