詞語:palliate
palliate是什麼意思
簡明英漢詞典
palliate
[5pAlieit]
v.
減輕
美國傳統詞典[雙解]
palliate
pal.li.ate
AHD:[p2l「?-3t」]
D.J.[6p#li87eit]
K.K.[6p#li7et]
v.tr.(及物動詞)
pal.li.at.ed, pal.li.at.ing, pal.li.ates
(1)To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
減輕,緩和:減輕痛苦,掩飾罪過;減輕
(2)To make less severe or intense; mitigate:
掩飾:使不那麼嚴重或緊張;緩和:
tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.
不成功地盡力去減輕普遍的不滿
(3)To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.
減輕:減輕疾病或小病的徵兆
語源
(1)Middle English palliaten
中古英語 palliaten
(2)from Late Latin palli3e palli3t- [to cloak, palliate]
源自 後期拉丁語 palli3e palli3t- [包庇,減輕,掩飾]
(3)from Latin pallium [cloak]
源自 拉丁語 pallium [包庇]
繼承用法
pal」lia「tion
n.(名詞)
pal「lia」tor
n.(名詞)
參考詞彙
(1)palliate, extenuate, gloss, gloze, whitewash
(2)The central meaning shared by these verbs is 「to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible」:
這些動詞所共有的中心意思是:「使錯誤或罪過看起來不那麼嚴重和應受譴責」:
palliate a crime;
減輕罪過;
couldn't extenuate the malfeasance;
不能掩飾罪過;
glossing over an unethical transaction;
掩飾不合理的交易;
glozing sins and iniquities;
掩飾罪過和罪惡;
whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve
掩飾政治糾紛中的官方衝突 參見同義詞 relieve
現代英漢詞典
palliate
[5pAlIeIt]
vt.
-ated, -ating
減輕, 緩和(痛苦等)
現代英漢綜合大辭典
palliate
[5pAlieit]
vt.
(1)減輕, 緩和(疾病、痛苦等)
(2)掩飾(罪過等)
palliate a disease
使病減輕
palliate a crime
減罪
繼承用法
palliation
[pAlI5eIF(E)n]
n.
(1)減輕, 緩和; 掩飾(罪過等)
(2)起減輕[緩和]作用之物; 辯解; 掩飾之詞 -ator
詞性變化
palliate
[5pAlieit]
n.
(1)減輕(疾病等)的人
(2)掩飾(罪過等)的人-atory
adj.
美國傳統詞典
palliate
pal.li.ate
AHD:[p2l「?-3t」]
D.J.[6p#li87eit]
K.K.[6p#li7et]
v.tr.
pal.li.at.ed, pal.li.at.ing, pal.li.ates
(1)To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
(2)To make less severe or intense; mitigate:
tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.
(3)To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.
語源
(1)Middle English palliaten
(2)from Late Latin palli3e palli3t- [to cloak, palliate]
(3)from Latin pallium [cloak]
繼承用法
pal」lia「tion
n.
pal「lia」tor
n.
參考詞彙
(1)palliate, extenuate, gloss, gloze, whitewash
(2)The central meaning shared by these verbs is 「to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible」:
palliate a crime;
couldn't extenuate the malfeasance;
glossing over an unethical transaction;
glozing sins and iniquities;
whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve
英漢法學大詞典
palliate
v.掩飾,辯解 ,緩和,減輕,減罪
英漢化學大詞典
palliate
vt.減輕,辯解
英漢計算機大詞典
palliate
vt.減輕(辯解)
英漢中醫大詞典
palliate
n.減輕,緩和