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.
雙語例句
1. The medicine is used to assuage pain.
這種藥用來止痛.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
和她交談減輕了我的負(fù)罪感.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
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。
來自柯林斯例句
5. " I was only made to assuage my parents'reproductive vanity,'she says bitterly.