Assuage

[ə'sweɪdʒ] or [ə'swedʒ]

解釋/意思:

(v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

(v. i.) To abate or subside.

手打:卡尔

同義詞及近義詞：

v. a. Mitigate, moderate, appease, alleviate, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, compose, tranquillize, quiet, still, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt, lull.

艾维斯編輯

解釋/意思:

v.t. to soften mitigate or allay.—v.i. to abate or subside: to diminish.—n. Assuage′ment abatement: mitigation.—adj. Assuā′sive softening mild.

校對:莫蒂默