palliate
verb /ˈpælieɪt/
/ˈpælieɪt/
(formal)动词形式
| present simple I / you / we / they palliate | /ˈpælieɪt/ /ˈpælieɪt/ |
| he / she / it palliates | /ˈpælieɪts/ /ˈpælieɪts/ |
| past simple palliated | /ˈpælieɪtɪd/ /ˈpælieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle palliated | /ˈpælieɪtɪd/ /ˈpælieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form palliating | /ˈpælieɪtɪŋ/ /ˈpælieɪtɪŋ/ |
- palliate something to make a disease or an illness less painful or unpleasant without curing it
减轻，缓和（疾病或不适） 词源late Middle English: from late Latin palliat- ‘cloaked’, from the verb palliare, from pallium ‘cloak’.