palliate

palliate

英 ['pælɪeɪt]
　　美 ['pælɪet]

vt. 減輕；掩飾；辯解

中文詞源：

palliate 減輕，緩和

來自拉丁語pallium,鬥篷，覆蓋，可能來自pellis,皮，膜，詞源同film,pelt,surplice.即戴上鬥篷，引申詞義減輕痛苦，緩和，通常治標不治本。

例句：

1. I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.
我不想掩飾, 我可以向你保證.

2. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.
作傢的組織固然可以排遣他們的孤獨, 但是我懷疑它們未必能夠促進作傢的創作.

3. I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another.
我從不想暴露別人的錯誤,以圖掩飾自己的缺點.

4. I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.
我從不想暴露別人的錯誤,以圖減輕自己的缺點.

5. Objective: to palliate sufferings of patients, to enhance the success rate of esophagus electrode insertion.
目的: 減少病人痛苦, 提高插食管電極的成功率.