Alleviate

(v. t.) To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.

(v. t.) To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.

(v. t.) To extenuate; to palliate.

整理:理查德

• Her theme was their wants, which she sought to supply; their sufferings, which she longed to alleviate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 雪莉.
• We can only delay its progress--alleviate the pain it causes. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔. 南方与北方.
• If Idris became thin and pale, it was anxiety that occasioned the change; an anxiety I could in no way alleviate. 玛丽·雪莱. 最后一个人.
• Why, then, should I pass the rest of my days in torture when I can alleviate such mental suffering? 弗格斯·休姆. 奇幻岛.
• It may be that if we knew more of such strange afflictions we might be the better able to alleviate their intensity. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• I replied, that nothing ailed me save anxiety of mind, which I hoped soon to alleviate. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
• May seemed to be aware of his disappointment, but without knowing how to alleviate it; and they stood up and walked silently home. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• I never lie down at night but I know that in the course of that day he has alleviated pain and soothed some fellow-creature in the time of need. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 荒凉山庄.
• Have they alleviated the poverty, have they promoted the industry, of those two beggarly countries? 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
• Regretting that all my efforts for alleviating the sufferings of wounded men left upon the battle-field have been rendered nugatory, I remain, &c. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• The home electrical is not complete without containing at least some of the electrical appliances which have been designed for the purpose of alleviating pain. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• In other countries, the system of taxation, instead of alleviating, aggravates this inequality. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.

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