allay

allay

英 [ə'leɪ]
　　美 [ə'le]

vt. 減輕；使緩和；使平靜

中文詞源：

allay 緩和

古英語前綴a-, 放下，離開，來自PIE *uz, 詞源同out ，此處受前綴al- 影響俗化. 單詞lay,放置。

例句：

1. He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.
他竭盡所能來消除妻子的各種恐懼。

2. The police tried to allay her fears but failed.
警察力圖減輕她的恐懼,但是沒有收到什麼效果.

3. They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.
他們正竭力減輕公眾對這種疾病傳播的恐懼.

4. Despite its condescension toward the Bennet family, the letter begins to allay Elizabeth's prejudice against Darcy.
盡管這封信對班納特傢的態度很高傲, 但它開始消除伊麗莎白對達西的偏見.

5. Father helped to allay her fears.
父親幫助她消除恐懼.