c. 1300, from Anglo-French assuager, Old French assoagier "soften, moderate, alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify," from Vulgar Latin *adsuaviare, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + suavis "sweet, agreeable" (see sweet (adj.)). For sound development in French, compare deluge from Latin diluvium, abridge from abbreviare. Related: Assuaged; assuaging.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The medicine is used to assuage pain.
這種藥用來(lái)止痛.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
2. Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
和她交談減輕了我的負(fù)罪感.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
3. To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe.
為了減輕妻子的悲痛，他帶她去了歐洲旅游。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
4. She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother.
她裝出一副慈母的樣子只是想要減輕自己的罪惡感。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
5. " I was only made to assuage my parents'reproductive vanity,'she says bitterly.