assuage
[ə'sweidʒ]
v.缓和, 减轻, 镇定
例句与用法:
Assuage their chronic insecurity.
消除他们长期的不安全感
Nothing can assuage the widow's grief.
什么也不能缓和这寡妇的哀伤。
词形变化:
名词: assuagement | 动词过去式: assuaged | 动词过去分词: assuaged | 动词现在分词: assuaging | 动词第三人称单数: assuages |
详细释义:
vt.
1. 缓和, 减轻(病痛等)
2. 满足(食欲, 欲望等)
3. 使安静