palliation

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The alleviation of a disease's symptoms without a cure; temporary relief. countable,uncountable
    — The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it.
  2. Extenuation; mitigation. countable,uncountable
    — The strong hand of the law is around your life and your wealth, but he who takes from you all that renders them valuable, the chances are, that his offence will find palliation and excuse; nay, that the laughers will be on his side.

词形变化

palliations plural

词源

Borrowed from Middle French palliation, from Latin palliare (“to cloak; to conceal”), from Latin pallium (“cloak”). By surface analysis, palliate + -ion.
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