c. 1300, from Anglo-French assuager, Old French assoagier "soften, moderate, alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify," from Vulgar Latin *adsuaviare, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + suavis "sweet, agreeable" (see sweet (adj.)). For sound development in French, compare deluge from Latin diluvium, abridge from abbreviare. Related: Assuaged; assuaging.
实用例句
1. The medicine is used to assuage pain.
这种药用来止痛.来自《简明英汉词典》
2. Talking to her helped to assuage my guilt.
和她交谈減轻了我的负罪感.来自《简明英汉词典》
3. To assuage his wife's grief, he took her on a tour of Europe.
为了减轻妻子的悲痛，他带她去了欧洲旅游。来自柯林斯例句
4. She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother.
她装出一副慈母的样子只是想要减轻自己的罪恶感。来自柯林斯例句
5. " I was only made to assuage my parents'reproductive vanity,'she says bitterly.
