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assuage

/uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh/US // əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ //UK // (əˈsweɪdʒ) //

抚慰,劝慰,抚平,安抚

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Definitions

v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    as·suaged, as·suag·ing.

    • : to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.
    • : to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.
    • : to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbsoothe, relieve

Examples

  • Rashad also issued an apology on July 2 for her initial Cosby Tweet, but it has not been enough to assuage some of her critics.

  • The statements made by Lordstown execs Tuesday appeared to be an attempt, which backfired, to assuage investors.

  • It is obviously predicated not on assuaging concerns but, instead, on generating them.

  • The rise of curated marketplaces is one attempt to assuage brands’ fears, giving them the tools to filter for the inventory and target audience that matches their goals and KPIs.

  • When Arora posted about getting the vaccine even though she was still nursing, other breast-feeding women reached out to thank her for assuaging their fear.

  • Needless to say, scheduling major events on the Jewish High Holidays does nothing to assuage those concerns.

  • Paul sacrifices little with his base and can only assuage doubts among those concerned about his views on foreign policy.

  • Obama was not elected on the strength of crossover votes from Republicans seeking to assuage their guilt.

  • But the GOP could assuage that tension by promulgating a hard-core, Republican version of gay and straight marriage.

  • Nursing helped to assuage injuries, fatigue, crankiness, and even sickness.

  • And there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it.

  • The water, to which were added a few drops of primus alcohol, helped to assuage our thirst.

  • Anything,—anything to assuage in him that sense of ineptitude, of being ignored, a titled nonentity!

  • A growing thirst for beauty has come upon the city, and architects are earnestly studying how to assuage it.

  • Home is the sphere of the deepest sorrows; the highest consolation of religion should assuage its griefs.