alleviate

英 [ə'liːvieɪt] 美 [ə'liːvieɪt]

• vt. 减轻；使 ... 缓和

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. 减轻,缓解,缓和

   make (sth) less severe; ease

详尽释义

v. 动词

1. 减轻（痛苦等），缓解，使缓和
2. 减少，减小，缩小

英英释义

Verb:

1. provide physical relief, as from pain;

   "This pill will relieve your headaches"
   

2. make easier;

   "you could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
   

例句

用作及物动词 (vt.)

1. They alleviated the boredom of waiting by singing songs.
   他们以唱歌来减轻等候的厌烦。
2. The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.
   医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。
3. This medicine will alleviate your sore throat.
   这种药会减轻你的嗓子痛。
4. He could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.
   他只能借酒浇愁。
5. He told a joke to alleviate the tense atmosphere in the room.
   他讲了个笑话以缓解室内紧张的气氛。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The drug will alleviate her suffering.
   这药可以减轻她的痛苦。
2. This painkiller has slightly alleviated my toothache.
   这种止痛药略微减了一些我的牙痛。
3. This money should alleviate our financial problems.
   这笔钱应该能缓和我们的财政问题。
4. We alleviated the boredom of waiting by reading books.
   我们以读书来减轻等候的厌烦。
5. The doctor has prescribed some drugs to alleviate the pain.
   医生开了一些镇痛药。
6. We want to help alleviate an economic crisis.
   我们想帮助他们缓解经济危机。
7. A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.
   采取了一系列措施缓解这个问题。
8. The UN's most important objective is to alleviate world poverty.
   联合国最重要的目标是缓解世界贫困状况。
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9. Her sorrow had been apparently alleviated.
   她明显地不像原先那样悲伤了。

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• alleviate ache 减轻痛苦
• alleviate an economic crisis 缓和经济危机
• alleviate difficulties 减轻困难
• alleviate distress 减轻痛苦
• alleviate ethnic animosity 缓和种族仇恨
• alleviate pain 减轻疼痛
• alleviate sb's sorrow 减轻某人的痛苦
• alleviate severe economic downturn 使严重的经济滑坡缓和下来
• alleviate suffering 减轻苦恼
• alleviate tension 缓和紧张局势
• alleviate the burden 减轻负担

词义辨析

v. (动词)

alleviate, allay, assuage, lighten, mitigate, relieve

• 这组词都可表示“使某事变得能够忍受或不太严重”。其区别是：
• relieve指减轻负担、灾难、痛苦或恐惧,强调使能忍受或忘却; allay一般指减轻到确实消痛或压惊的地步,但不一定完全消除; alleviate强调暂时或部分地缓解; assuage专指平息或缓和怒气等强烈的情绪,也可指把痛苦减轻到可以忍受的程度; lighten指减轻负荷或重压,从而产生轻松的影响; mitigate指缓和痛苦等的强度,但不一定暗示减轻到可以忍受的程度。

词源解说

• ☆ 15世纪晚期进入英语，直接源自后期拉丁语的alleviare，意为减轻，使缓和。

近反义词

【近义词】

• ease
• reduce
• relieve

【反义词】

• aggravate
• increase
• intensify

派生词

v.(动词)

• alleviation n. 缓和；减轻