transitive. To qualify or diminish (a pleasure, benefit, etc.) with or by the association of something unpleasant.
| 单词 | θ90836 |
| 释义 | the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > cause or effect (harm) [verb (transitive)] > do harm or injury to > affect detrimentally > by an unpleasant element (5) allayc1225 transitive. To qualify or diminish (a pleasure, benefit, etc.) with or by the association of something unpleasant. sauce?1518 figurative. To influence the character or quality of (an experience, situation, action, work, etc.)… transitive. To introduce a bitter… distemper1594 transferred and figurative. To dilute; to mix with something so as to weaken or impair; to allay. Obsolete or archaic. (Often run together with dist… allay1634 transitive. To mix with something inferior; to adulterate. Cf. allay, v.1 12. rare. alloy1832 transitive. To qualify or diminish (a pleasure, feeling, etc.) by the admixture of something unpleasant; to contaminate or adulterate. |
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