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allay v.减轻，缓和 allay (v.) Old English alecgan "to put down, remit, give up," a Germanic compound (cognates: Gothic uslagjan, Old High German irleccan, German erlegen), from a- "down, aside" + lecgan "to lay" (see lay).Early Middle English pronunciations of -y- and -g- were not always distinct, and the word was confused in Middle English with various senses of Romanic-derived alloy and allege, especially the latter in an obsolete sense of "to lighten," from Latin ad- "to" + levis (see lever).Amid the overlapping of meanings that thus arose, there was developed a perplexing network of uses of allay and allege, that belong entirely to no one of the original vbs., but combine the senses of two or more of them. [OED]The double -l- is 17c., a mistaken Latinism. Related: Allayed; allaying. 【记】all + lay 全部摆平了，躺倒→全身轻松

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[ə'lei] 【英】 v. 减轻, 缓和(relieve)【考】 反义词：increase the intensity of(加强) ; aggravate(加重); intensify(强化)【记】 和alley(胡同)一起记【例】 allay trouble, fears v. 减轻, 缓和(痛苦、烦恼、情绪激动等) = relieve = alleviate = assuage = mitigate = mollify = lull【例】My fever was allayed by the medicine 这药剂使我退烧了.【记】1)读: 爱累, 所以需要减轻痛苦2)我lay(躺), 可以前情减轻痛苦.【区】alley(n 胡同)中间的e曲里拐弯的, 象胡同.【反】increase the intensity of(加强); excite(vt 刺激; 使兴奋); aggravate(vt 使恶化; 加重); intensify(vt 强化); arouse(vt 唤醒; 鼓励); foment(vt 煽动)

单词	allay
音标	[ə'lei]
解释	v.减轻，缓和
红宝书	【英】 v. 减轻, 缓和(relieve) 【考】反义词：increase the intensity of(加强) ; aggravate(加重); intensify(强化) 【记】和alley(胡同)一起记【例】 allay trouble, fears
字源	allay (v.) Old English alecgan "to put down, remit, give up," a Germanic compound (cognates: Gothic uslagjan, Old High German irleccan, German erlegen), from a- "down, aside" + lecgan "to lay" (see lay). Early Middle English pronunciations of -y- and -g- were not always distinct, and the word was confused in Middle English with various senses of Romanic-derived alloy and allege, especially the latter in an obsolete sense of "to lighten," from Latin ad- "to" + levis (see lever). Amid the overlapping of meanings that thus arose, there was developed a perplexing network of uses of allay and allege, that belong entirely to no one of the original vbs., but combine the senses of two or more of them. [OED]The double -l- is 17c., a mistaken Latinism. Related: Allayed; allaying.
不择手段背单词	v. 减轻, 缓和(痛苦、烦恼、情绪激动等) = relieve = alleviate = assuage = mitigate = mollify = lull 【例】My fever was allayed by the medicine 这药剂使我退烧了. 【记】1)读: 爱累, 所以需要减轻痛苦2)我lay(躺), 可以前情减轻痛苦. 【区】alley(n 胡同)中间的e曲里拐弯的, 象胡同. 【反】increase the intensity of(加强); excite(vt 刺激; 使兴奋); aggravate(vt 使恶化; 加重); intensify(vt 强化); arouse(vt 唤醒; 鼓励); foment(vt 煽动)
趣味全助记	【记】all + lay 全部摆平了，躺倒→全身轻松

Allay English V 减轻 Intensity German Middle Senses