palliate

GRE畅通词汇

英 ['pælɪeɪt] 美['pælɪet]

释义

vt. 减轻；掩饰；辩解

词态变化

第三人称单数: palliates;过去式: palliated;过去分词: palliated;现在分词: palliating;

近义词

助记提示

1、palli- + -ate.
2、字面含义为：cloaked, cover with a cloak, conceal. => alleviate without curing.

中文词源

palliate 减轻，缓和

来自拉丁语pallium,斗篷，覆盖，可能来自pellis,皮，膜，词源同film,pelt,surplice.即戴上斗篷，引申词义减轻痛苦，缓和，通常治标不治本。

英文词源

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.

双语例句

2. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.: 作家的组织固然可以排遣他们的孤独, 但是我怀疑它们未必能够促进作家的创作.

3. I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another.: 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图掩饰自己的缺点.

4. I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.: 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图减轻自己的缺点.

5. Objective: to palliate sufferings of patients, to enhance the success rate of esophagus electrode insertion.: 目的: 减少病人痛苦, 提高插食管电极的成功率.

英英释意

1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;: "The circumstances extenuate the crime"

2. provide physical relief, as from pain;: "This pill will relieve your headaches"

实用场景例句

Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.: 作家的组织固然可以排遣他们的孤独, 但是我怀疑它们未必能够促进作家的创作.

I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another.: 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图掩饰自己的缺点.

I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.: 我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图减轻自己的缺点.

Objective: to palliate sufferings of patients, to enhance the success rate of esophagus electrode insertion.: 目的: 减少病人痛苦, 提高插食管电极的成功率.

Tow black don't make a white. You can't palliate your own badness with other's bad deed.: 两黑不等于一白. 你不能用别人的恶行来掩饰自己的劣迹.