alleviation

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of alleviating; relief or mitigation. countable,uncountable
    — The only light is from a high barred window, and it is not so much light as an alleviation of the murk.
  2. the act of reducing pain or anything else unpleasant; easement countable,uncountable

词形变化

alleviations plural

词源

Etymology tree
English alleviate
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ātiōlbor.
Old French -ationbor.
Middle English -acioun
English -ation
English -ion
English alleviation
From alleviate + -ion.
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