allay
英 [əˈleɪ]
美 [əˈleɪ]
v. 减轻(尤指情绪)
过去分词：allayed 过去式：allayed 现在分词：allaying 第三人称单数：allays
Collins.1 / BNC.14151 / COCA.17138
同义词辨析
easeallayalleviatelessen【导航词义：减轻】
easev. （使）减轻，（使）缓解
〔辨析〕
指减轻事情的恶劣程度、身心痛苦等。
〔例证〕
plans to ease congestion in the city
改善城市拥塞状况的计划
This kind of medicine can ease your pain.
这种药可以减轻你的疼痛。
改善城市拥塞状况的计划
This kind of medicine can ease your pain.
这种药可以减轻你的疼痛。
allayv. 〈正式〉减轻
〔辨析〕
通常指减轻恐惧、担心、怀疑等。
〔例证〕
His arrival allayed her fear.
他的到来减轻了她的恐惧。
We hope this statement will allay the public's concern.
我们希望这一声明会减轻公众的担忧。
他的到来减轻了她的恐惧。
We hope this statement will allay the public's concern.
我们希望这一声明会减轻公众的担忧。
alleviatev. 〈书〉减轻，缓和
〔辨析〕
指减轻疼痛、痛苦、难度等。
〔例证〕
It is said that this medicine can alleviate pain.
据说这种药物能够缓解疼痛。
I could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.
我只能借酒浇愁。
据说这种药物能够缓解疼痛。
I could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.
我只能借酒浇愁。
lessenv. （使）减轻，（使）减少
〔辨析〕
指减轻痛苦，或降低风险、重要性等。
〔例证〕
This medicine can lessen pain in no time.
这种药可以立刻减轻痛苦。
She tried to lessen his importance at work.
她试图淡化他在工作中的重要性。
Their bravery has not lessened.
他们的勇气并未消减。
这种药可以立刻减轻痛苦。
She tried to lessen his importance at work.
她试图淡化他在工作中的重要性。
Their bravery has not lessened.
他们的勇气并未消减。
牛津词典
verb
- 减轻（尤指情绪）
to make sth, especially a feeling, less strong- to allay fears/concern/suspicion
减轻恐惧；减轻忧虑；减少怀疑
- to allay fears/concern/suspicion
柯林斯词典
- VERB 消除（疑虑、恐惧等）
If youallaysomeone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.- He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.
他竭尽所能来消除妻子的各种恐惧。
- He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.
英英释义
verb
- satisfy (thirst)
- The cold water quenched his thirst
- lessen the intensity of or calm
- The news eased my conscience
- still the fears
双语例句
- Merkel may have been trying to allay investors 'fears, but most now see it for what it is: Greece is already preparing for what it hopes will be an orderly default, even though the country has not yet technically declared bankruptcy.
默克尔可能一直在试图减轻投资者的忧虑，但现在大多数人已经看清了事实真相：虽然希腊尚未正式宣布破产，但该国已经开始为其所希望的有序违约做准备。 - Now I determined to step in myself and to allay her scruples with a portion of the truth.
这时，我决定亲自出马，说出一部分实话，消除她的顾虑。 - The pilot tried to allay their fears.
飞行员试图缓解他们的恐惧。 - They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.
警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。 - Equally important, a large SDR allocation would allay a systemic danger posed by countries that may conclude from this crisis that their holdings of international reserves were too small.
同样重要的是，大笔特别提款权分配将减轻一些国家带来的系统性危险，这些国家可能会从此次危机中得出结论：它们持有的国际储备规模过小。 - To soften or soothe; allay or lessen, as pain or grief.
缓和；抚慰；减轻（痛苦或悲伤）。 - This article can help allay those concerns for C and C++ applications that make use of the Xerces-C++ parser.
本文可以减轻使用Xerces-C++解析器的C和C++应用程序的这些担忧。 - Cheap oil ought to do wonders for demand. It should also allay concerns about current account deficits.
廉价石油应当能起到提振需求的奇迹般效果，也应当会缓解经常账户赤字引发的担忧。 - These experiments could not conceivably have produced data to support or allay public worries about GM crops.
这些实验根本不可能产生可靠数据，加深或者缓解公众对于转基因农作物的忧虑。 - But the fact that everyone seems to agree on this point should not allay our worries.
但所有人似乎都同意这一点，不应减轻我们的担忧。