Word · Frequency #19113
assuaging
减轻；缓解
assuaging is the present participle of assuage.
核心释义
多指减轻疼痛。
provide physical relief, as from pain
- 1.
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.).
- 2.
安抚或抚慰(某人)
To pacify or soothe (someone).
平息；抚慰；解（渴）；满足；减轻(饥饿、情绪、疼痛等的)强度；缓解；安抚或抚慰(某人)；平息
用法In use
A sincere apology may assuage your friend's anger.
用法提示：assuage 是及物动词，表示“平息、缓和”，后接表示情绪的宾语。
He called his mother every day to assuage her worries.
用法提示：assuage 用不定式表示目的，作“减轻”讲。
Applying cool water to the sunburn assuaged the pain.
用法提示：assuaged 是 assuage 的过去式，作谓语，表示“减轻”。
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。
assuage someone's something
常用于缓解他人的情绪或担忧。
She tried to assuage her mother's fears.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- assuage guilt
- 减轻内疚
- Apologizing may help assuage your guilt.道歉也许有助于减轻你的内疚。
- assuage fears
- 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。
- assuage pain
- 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。
- assuage thirst
- 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。
- assuage anxiety
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
联想：词尾 age 像英语的 age（年龄）——年纪越大，伤痛越易缓解。
语境与语域Context & Register
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。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
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/.
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