alleviate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty. transitive
    — alleviate his pain
  2. (finance) to pay down partially. transitive
    — There are different ways to alleviate your financial debt.

词形变化

alleviates present,singular,third-person alleviating participle,present alleviated participle,past alleviated past

词汇关系

衍生词
alleviated alleviatingly alleviation alleviative alleviator

词源

Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”). By surface analysis, al- + Latin lev- + -i- + -ate.
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