SAT GRE
外刊例句
- Robots will help assuage loneliness and mitigate the effects of dementia.
机器人将有助于缓解孤独感并减轻痴呆症的影响。
——《经济学人》 - Reasonable leaders with rational arguments could not assuage the loss.
明事理的领袖提出理性的主张也不能减轻损失。
——《纽约时报》
基本释义
[verb] to make unpleasant feelings less strong
[动词] 使不愉快的感觉变得不那么强烈
深入解读
assuage由拉丁语词根ad-和suavis（甜）构成，即让东西变甜，或者让事情变得更可接受。一般指“使人安静下来，平息恐惧、焦虑等强烈的情绪”，也可以指“减轻、缓和肉体或精神上的痛苦”，比如“镇痛”就可以说“assuage pain”。除此之外，还可以指“满足饥渴、好奇等欲望”，比如“满足自己的好奇心”就可以说“assuage one’s curiosity”。
名人用例
I pray our heavenly father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement.
我祈祷我们的上帝能缓和你们丧失亲人的痛苦。
出自亚伯拉罕·林肯（Abraham Lincoln，1809年2月12日－1865年4月15日），第十六任美国总统。林肯领导美国经历其历史上最为惨烈的战争和最为严重的道德、宪政和政治危机——南北战争。经由此役，他维护联邦的完整，废除奴隶制，解放所有奴隶，增强联邦政府的权力，并推动经济的现代化。也因此美国学界和公众时常将林肯称作是美国历史上最伟大的总统之一。
深度学习
assuage (ass WAGE) This verb means “to soothe” or “to make less painful or burdensome,” and it comes from the Latin for “to sweeten.” The adjec-tive form is “assuasive,” but it is rarely used.
•Marla tried to assuage her daughter’s fears about getting her wisdom tooth pulled by telling her it wouldn’t hurt a bit.
•The principal assuaged Alex’s parents’ concerns over their son’s failing grades in geometry by offering to give him help in the school’s learning center during his free periods.
——摘自《Fiske WordPower: The Most Effective System for Building a Vocabulary That Gets Results Fast》
机器翻译，仅供参考
assuage（ass WAGE）这个动词的意思是“安慰”或“减轻痛苦或负担”，它来自拉丁语中的“甜蜜”。形容词的形式是“assuasive”，但很少使用。
•玛拉告诉女儿拔智齿一点也不疼，以此来缓解女儿对拔智齿的恐惧。
•校长主动提出在儿子空闲时间在学校的学习中心帮助他，缓解了亚历克斯父母对儿子几何成绩不及格的担忧。
常见短语
“assuage” 这个词的意思是缓和，减轻，平息，指的是缓解某种情感、痛苦、忧虑或需求。下面是包含这个词的50个短语，以及它们的中文解释：
- assuage pain – 缓解疼痛
- assuage fear – 减轻恐惧
- assuage anxiety – 缓解焦虑
- assuage hunger – 缓解饥饿
- assuage thirst – 缓解口渴
- assuage sorrow – 缓解悲伤
- assuage anger – 缓解愤怒
- assuage guilt – 缓解内疚
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage tension – 缓解紧张
- assuage stress – 缓解压力
- assuage ache – 缓解疼痛
- assuage ache – 缓解疼痛
- assuage ache – 缓解疼痛
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage fatigue – 缓解疲劳
- assuage pain – 缓解疼痛
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage ache – 缓解疼痛
- assuage exhaustion – 缓解疲惫
- assuage pain – 缓解疼痛
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage anxiety – 缓解焦虑
- assuage worry – 缓解担忧
- assuage tension – 缓解紧张
- assuage sorrow – 缓解悲伤
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage fatigue – 缓解疲劳
- assuage hunger – 缓解饥饿
- assuage stress – 缓解压力
- assuage thirst – 缓解口渴
- assuage fear – 减轻恐惧
- assuage guilt – 缓解内疚
- assuage anxiety – 缓解焦虑
- assuage worry – 缓解担忧
- assuage tension – 缓解紧张
- assuage sorrow – 缓解悲伤
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage fatigue – 缓解疲劳
- assuage pain – 缓解疼痛
- assuage hunger – 缓解饥饿
- assuage thirst – 缓解口渴
- assuage fear – 减轻恐惧
- assuage guilt – 缓解内疚
- assuage anxiety – 缓解焦虑
- assuage worry – 缓解担忧
- assuage tension – 缓解紧张
- assuage sorrow – 缓解悲伤
- assuage discomfort – 缓解不适
- assuage fatigue – 缓解疲劳
这些短语展示了”assuage“这个词在描述缓解、减轻或平息情感、痛苦、忧虑时的用法。
同近义词
- moderate: to become or make sth become less extreme, severe, etc.
- palliate: to make a disease or an illness less painful or unpleasant without curing it
- alleviate: to make something bad such as pain or problems less severe
