allay
英 [əˈleɪ]
美 [əˈleɪ]
v. 减轻(尤指情绪)
过去分词：allayed 过去式：allayed 现在分词：allaying 第三人称单数：allays
Collins.1 / BNC.14151 / COCA.17138
同义词辨析
easeallayalleviatelessen【导航词义：减轻】
easev. （使）减轻，（使）缓解
〔辨析〕
指减轻事情的恶劣程度、身心痛苦等。
〔例证〕
plans to ease congestion in the city
改善城市拥塞状况的计划
This kind of medicine can ease your pain.
这种药可以减轻你的疼痛。
改善城市拥塞状况的计划
This kind of medicine can ease your pain.
这种药可以减轻你的疼痛。
allayv. 〈正式〉减轻
〔辨析〕
通常指减轻恐惧、担心、怀疑等。
〔例证〕
His arrival allayed her fear.
他的到来减轻了她的恐惧。
We hope this statement will allay the public's concern.
我们希望这一声明会减轻公众的担忧。
他的到来减轻了她的恐惧。
We hope this statement will allay the public's concern.
我们希望这一声明会减轻公众的担忧。
alleviatev. 〈书〉减轻，缓和
〔辨析〕
指减轻疼痛、痛苦、难度等。
〔例证〕
It is said that this medicine can alleviate pain.
据说这种药物能够缓解疼痛。
I could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.
我只能借酒浇愁。
据说这种药物能够缓解疼痛。
I could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.
我只能借酒浇愁。
lessenv. （使）减轻，（使）减少
〔辨析〕
指减轻痛苦，或降低风险、重要性等。
〔例证〕
This medicine can lessen pain in no time.
这种药可以立刻减轻痛苦。
She tried to lessen his importance at work.
她试图淡化他在工作中的重要性。
Their bravery has not lessened.
他们的勇气并未消减。
这种药可以立刻减轻痛苦。
She tried to lessen his importance at work.
她试图淡化他在工作中的重要性。
Their bravery has not lessened.
他们的勇气并未消减。
牛津词典
verb
- 减轻（尤指情绪）
to make sth, especially a feeling, less strong- to allay fears/concern/suspicion
减轻恐惧；减轻忧虑；减少怀疑
- to allay fears/concern/suspicion
柯林斯词典
- VERB 消除（疑虑、恐惧等）
If youallaysomeone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.- He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.
他竭尽所能来消除妻子的各种恐惧。
- He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.
英英释义
verb
- satisfy (thirst)
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- The news eased my conscience
- still the fears
双语例句
- I hope this statement will allay the public's fears.
我希望这声明会消除大众的恐惧。 - This article can help allay those concerns for C and C++ applications that make use of the Xerces-C++ parser.
本文可以减轻使用Xerces-C++解析器的C和C++应用程序的这些担忧。 - The star-studded board may help Winnington to allay potential client concerns about China's rather opaque property market.
中国的地产市场非常不透明，而这个名流集聚的董事会，可能帮助Winnington减少潜在客户的相关担忧。 - The doctor's friendly manner helped the patient allay his fear.
医生态度和蔼，有助于减轻病人恐惧感。 - The pilot tried to allay their fears.
飞行员试图缓解他们的恐惧。 - Peppermint is frequently used to allay nausea and vomiting and will relieve the pain of colic.
欧薄荷常被用作缓和反胃和呕吐，亦舒缓绞痛。 - But the fact that everyone seems to agree on this point should not allay our worries.
但所有人似乎都同意这一点，不应减轻我们的担忧。 - They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.
警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。 - These experiments could not conceivably have produced data to support or allay public worries about GM crops.
这些实验根本不可能产生可靠数据，加深或者缓解公众对于转基因农作物的忧虑。 - This can help allay fears that you might upset the balance of the team or have trouble taking direction.
这有助于减轻你可能影响团队平衡或者在领导方面的担忧。