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单词辨析：
指减轻事情的恶劣程度、身心痛苦等。
plans to ease congestion in the city
改善城市拥塞状况的计划
This kind of medicine can ease your pain.
这种药可以减轻你的疼痛。
通常指减轻恐惧、担心、怀疑等。
His arrival allayed her fear.
他的到来减轻了她的恐惧。
We hope this statement will allay the public's concern.
我们希望这一声明会减轻公众的担忧。
指减轻疼痛、痛苦、难度等。
It is said that this medicine can alleviate pain.
据说这种药物能够缓解疼痛。
I could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.
我只能借酒浇愁。
指减轻痛苦，或降低风险、重要性等。
This medicine can lessen pain in no time.
这种药可以立刻减轻痛苦。
She tried to lessen his importance at work.
她试图淡化他在工作中的重要性。
Their bravery has not lessened.
他们的勇气并未消减。
相关例句：
This article can help allay those concerns for C and C++ applications that make use of the Xerces-C++ parser.
本文可以减轻使用Xerces-C++解析器的C和C++应用程序的这些担忧。
Wachovia tried to allay customers 'and investors's fears, saying that its core businesses were performing well.
Wachovia试图平息客户和投资者的担忧，称其核心业务运转正常。
Huawei had worked hard to win the Sprint contract, and sought out a U.S.partner to allay security concerns.
华为为获得Sprint的合同付出了巨大的努力，它寻找了一个美国的合伙人来减轻安全担忧。
Katie managed to allay her daughter's anguish with a lollipop and some toy purchases yesterday.
凯蒂为了安抚女儿的情绪，给她买了个棒棒糖和其他一些玩具。
Cheap oil ought to do wonders for demand. It should also allay concerns about current account deficits.
廉价石油应当能起到提振需求的奇迹般效果，也应当会缓解经常账户赤字引发的担忧。
This can help allay fears that you might upset the balance of the team or have trouble taking direction.
这有助于减轻你可能影响团队平衡或者在领导方面的担忧。