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
- They had to work hard to allay the fears and dispel suspicions on both sides.
他们致力于消除双方的猜忌和疑虑。 - Wachovia tried to allay customers 'and investors's fears, saying that its core businesses were performing well.
Wachovia试图平息客户和投资者的担忧，称其核心业务运转正常。 - Katie managed to allay her daughter's anguish with a lollipop and some toy purchases yesterday.
凯蒂为了安抚女儿的情绪，给她买了个棒棒糖和其他一些玩具。 - Beijing has tried to allay such fears, however, by giving foreign groups time to adjust.
不过，北京方面一直试图减轻这种担心，方法是给予外资会计师事务所一定的时间进行调整。 - There pills will allay pain.
这药丸可以减轻疼痛。 - 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。 - The doctor's friendly manner helped the patient allay his fear.
医生态度和蔼，有助于减轻病人恐惧感。 - 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。 - 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。 - 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。