assuage是什么意思,assuage怎么用
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assuage
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📰 外刊例句
The workshops also help assuage worries about the Belt and Road. 这些工作坊也有助于缓解人们对“一带一路”的担忧。
—— 《经济学人》
—— 《纽约时报》
📖 基本释义
[verb] make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
[动词] 使(不愉快的感觉)不那么强烈
💡 深入解读
从词源上来看, assuage 一词源自通俗拉丁语*assuaviare,后者由前缀 ad- (含有 at, to 之意,或表示加强)+词根suavis(甜的、宜人的)发展而来,意即使东西变甜或者说让事物变得更可接受。经古法语assoagier(软化、缓和、减轻、镇静、抚慰、平息)和英国法语assuager进入英语后, assuage 也是用来表示“缓和、缓解、减轻、平息”,常作正式用语使用,侧重指通过施加某种可以软化、安抚或使变温和的影响来减轻痛苦、悲伤、忧虑、恐惧等不愉快感觉的强度,使人安静下来并平息强烈的情绪
镇痛
assuage one's pain
It did little to assuage the feelings of those still dwelling in appalling conditions.对于那些仍然生活在恶劣环境中的人来说,这并没有缓解他们的情绪。
由于很多不愉快的感觉都源于需要或者欲望没能得到满足,所以对其进行缓和常常也就意味着某种程度上的满足。进而 assuage 也被用来拓展表示“满足”,常意味着通过满足来结束某种需要或欲望。比如:解渴
assuage one's thirst
充饥
assuage one's hunger
满足好奇心
assuage one's curiosity
📚 名著用例
Harry felt that nothing but action would assuage his feelings of guilt and grief and that he ought to set out on his mission to find and destroy Horcruxes as soon as possible. 哈利觉得只有行动才能减轻他的悲伤和负罪感,他觉得自己应该出发去完成使命,去尽快找到和摧毁魂器。
— 出自《英国作家J·K·罗琳的奇幻小说《哈利·波特》系列的第七本《哈利·波特与死亡圣器》( Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows )。》
🔍 同近义词
- dampen: make less strong or intense
- lull: cause (someone) to feel deceptively secure or confident
- soothe: relieve or ease (pain)

