assuage

FREQ #49283

vt. 平息, 缓和, 减轻

发音

/əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
US /əˈswɑʒ/
其它 /əˈswɑʒ/

词形变化

assuaged assuages 三单 assuages assuagest assuageth assuaging assuaging 现在分词 assuaged 过去式 assuaged 过去分词

别名

asswage suage swage tasswage

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).

    缓解

    减轻

    缓和

    平息

    充饥

    解渴

    及物

    1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost.

  2. 2.

    To pacify or soothe (someone).

    使平静

    安慰

    抚慰

    平定

    安抚

    及物
  3. 3.

    To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

    不及物 废旧

词汇关系

动词

同义词 10

gentle relieve quench appease alleviate pacify placate allay conciliate gruntle

上位词 10

still better meet quiet calm fit fill improve fulfill satisfy

下位词 3

comfort ease soothe

词源

From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.

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