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assuage something
直接接宾语，表示减轻或缓解具体事物。
The medicine assuaged his pain.
这种药减轻了他的疼痛。
减轻；缓解
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减轻；缓解
provide physical relief, as from pain
The medicine assuaged his pain.
这种药减轻了他的疼痛。
多指减轻疼痛。
减轻(饥饿、情绪、疼痛等的)强度；缓解
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
安抚或抚慰(某人)
To pacify or soothe (someone).
assuage
Base
原形
assuages
3rd person
第三人称单数
assuaging
-ing
现在分词
assuaged
Past
过去式
assuaged
Past participle
过去分词
This medicine assuages pain.
这种药减轻疼痛。
A sincere apology may assuage your friend's anger.
真诚的道歉也许能平息你朋友的愤怒。
He called his mother every day to assuage her worries.
他每天给母亲打电话，以减轻她的担忧。
Applying cool water to the sunburn assuaged the pain.
往晒伤处敷凉水减轻了疼痛。
直接接宾语，表示减轻或缓解具体事物。
The medicine assuaged his pain.
这种药减轻了他的疼痛。
常用于缓解他人的情绪或担忧。
She tried to assuage her mother's fears.
她试图平息她母亲的恐惧。
用 with 引导手段或工具。
He assuaged his thirst with a cold drink.
他喝冷饮解渴。
Not this
I hope to assauge my anxiety.
Use this
I hope to assuage my anxiety.
Assuage 的正确拼写是 a-s-s-u-a-g-e，常见的拼写错误是将其误拼为 a-s-s-a-u-g-e，注意字母顺序。
Not this
He assuaged his computer problem.
Use this
He solved his computer problem.
Assuage 通常用于情感、疼痛、口渴等抽象概念，不能用于具体的问题或物体，如 computer problem，应使用 solve 或 fix。
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减轻内疚
Apologizing may help assuage your guilt.
道歉也许有助于减轻你的内疚。
缓解担忧
The prime minister's speech was meant to assuage fears of an economic crisis.
首相的讲话旨在缓解人们对经济危机的担忧。
缓解疼痛
The medicine helped assuage the pain in her back.
这种药帮助缓解了她背部的疼痛。
解渴
The cold water assuaged our thirst after the long hike.
长途徒步后，这凉水解了我们的渴。
缓解焦虑
Deep breathing exercises can assuage anxiety before an exam.
深呼吸练习可以缓解考试前的焦虑。
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联想：词尾 age 像英语的 age（年龄）——年纪越大，伤痛越易缓解。
语域：formal 常见场景：formal writing、literary works、news reporting、formal speeches 该词通常用于正式或书面语境，比较常见于文学、新闻报道或正式演讲中；日常口语中较少用，人们更常说 ease、relieve 或 soothe 等。
True rhymes (stressed vowel and following sounds match /eɪdʒ/): age, cage, page, rage, sage, engage. Beware lookalikes spelled with -age that sound different: massage /məˈsɑːʒ/, garage /ɡəˈrɑːʒ/, mirage /mɪˈrɑːʒ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.