palliative

a. 缓和的, 减轻的, 掩饰的 n. 辩解, 缓和物

发音

UK /ˈpælɪətɪv/
US /ˈpælieɪtɪv/
US /ˈpæliətɪv/

词形变化

palliatives 复数 palliatives more palliative 比较级 most palliative 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Something that palliates, particularly a palliative medicine.

    医学

    The radiation and chemotherapy were only palliatives.

adj.
  1. 1.

    Serving to palliate; serving to extenuate or mitigate.

  2. 2.

    Minimising the progression of a disease and relieving undesirable symptoms for as long as possible, rather than attempting to cure the (usually incurable) disease.

    缓和的

    姑息的

    医学

词汇关系

名词

同义词 2

alleviant alleviator

上位词 4

cure remedy therapeutic curative
形容词

同义词 5

alleviative alleviatory lenitive mitigative mitigatory

相关短语

palliative care 临终关怀

词源

From Middle French palliatif, from New Latin *palliātīvus, from Medieval Latin palliō (“to cloak”), from Latin pallium (“a cloak”).

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