单词 | alleviate |
释义 | al·le·vi·ate (ə-lēvē-āt′) tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates 1. To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve. 2. To lessen or reduce: alleviate unemployment. [Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see legwh- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] al·le′vi·ation n. al·levi·a′tor n. |
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