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pal·li·ate AHD[pălʹē-āt'] D.J.[ˈpæliːˌeɪt]K.K.[ˈpæliˌet]v.tr.（及物动词）pal.li.at.ed, pal.li.at.ing, pal.li.ates - To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.减轻，缓和：减轻痛苦，掩饰罪过；减轻
- To make less severe or intense; mitigate:掩饰：使不那么严重或紧张；缓和：tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.不成功地尽力去减轻普遍的不满
- To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.减轻：减轻疾病或小病的征兆
- Middle English palliaten 中古英语 palliaten
- from Late Latin palliāre palliāt- [to cloak, palliate] 源自 后期拉丁语 palliāre palliāt- [包庇，减轻，掩饰]
- from Latin pallium [cloak] 源自 拉丁语 pallium [包庇]
pal'liaʹtion n.（名词）palʹlia'tor n.（名词）palliate, extenuate, gloss, gloze, whitewash- The central meaning shared by these verbs is "to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible": 这些动词所共有的中心意思是：“使错误或罪过看起来不那么严重和应受谴责”： palliate a crime;减轻罪过；couldn't extenuate the malfeasance;不能掩饰罪过；glossing over an unethical transaction;掩饰不合理的交易；glozing sins and iniquities;掩饰罪过和罪恶；whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve 掩饰政治纠纷中的官方冲突 参见同义词 relieve
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