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assuage 中文解釋 wordnet sense Collocation Usage Collins Definition
Verb
/əˈswāj/,
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assuaged, past participle; assuaged, past tense; assuaging, present participle; assuages, 3rd person singular present;
  1. Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
    • - the letter assuaged the fears of most members
  2. Satisfy (an appetite or desire)
    • - an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge
  1. pacify: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
  2. quench: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
  3. relieve: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
  4. (assuagement) relief: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded with relief"
  5. To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.); To pacify or soothe (someone); (obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate
  6. (assuagement) The action of assuaging; appeasement; The condition of being assuaged; An assuaging medicine or application
  7. (assuaged) (vb.): to assuage is to lessen or to calm. Therefore, if Jem's fears about being able to play football were assuaged, it means that he no longer feared that he wouldn't be able to play the sport.
  8. To lessen pain or distress; to calm passions or desires.
  9. v.t., -suaged, -suaging.   1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. 2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger. 3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger. --Syn.1. ...
  10. (v) - to ease, relieve