| 单词 | palliate |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['pælieit] |
| 解释 | v.减轻(痛苦)；掩饰(罪行) |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 减轻(痛苦)(to reduce; abate)；掩饰(罪行)(extenuat e) 【考】 pain : analgesic / symptom : palliative(止痛剂减轻疼痛/缓 释剂减轻症状)反义词：exacerbate( 恶化); caustic(尖刻的)-pal liating(令人安慰的) 【记】 pall(罩子)+iate→盖 上(罪行)→减轻 【同】 派生词: palliation (n. 减轻，缓和); palliative(n. 缓释剂) |
| 字源 | palliate (v.) "alleviate without curing," early 15c., from Medieval Latin palliatus, literally "cloaked," from past participle of Late Latin palliare "cover with a cloak, conceal," from Latin pallium "cloak" (see pall (n.)). Related: Palliated; palliating; palliation. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 减轻(痛苦); 掩饰(罪行) 【记】pall(n 裹尸布; v 使人发腻; 使平淡无味; 覆盖), iate: 用裹尸布盖住罪过－掩饰罪过, 减轻痛苦pa, lli = ill, ate: 生病以后狂吃－减轻痛苦 【参】palliative(n 缓和剂) 【类】pain: analgesic = symptom: palliative止痛剂减轻疼痈 = 缓释剂减轻症状palliate: anger = enfeeble: vigor 减轻愤怒 = 减少精力 【反】exacerbate(v 恶化); worsen(v 使变得更坏); increase intensity(增加强度); caustic(adj 腐蚀性的; 刻薄的)－palliating(adj 减轻的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】pall 音：袍→罩布，(主教的)披肩，棺罩→用袍来遮盖；pale + ate 使变白，缓和 |
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