palliative
noun /ˈpæliətɪv/
/ˈpæliətɪv/
- (medical
) a medicine or medical treatment that reduces pain without curing its cause医学 治标药物;缓解剂;治标措施;保守疗法 - Aromatherapy can be used as a palliative.
芳香疗法可以用作姑息疗法。
Wordfinder- chemotherapy
- cure
- disease
- drug
- injection
- medication
- osteopathy
- palliative
- physiotherapy
- radiotherapy
- Aromatherapy can be used as a palliative.
- (formal, usually disapproving) an action, a decision, etc. that is designed to make a difficult situation seem better without actually solving the cause of the problems
权宜之计;消极措施;缓冲剂 - Grants by themselves provide little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries.
赠款本身只能为境况不佳的行业提供暂时的缓解手段。
- Grants by themselves provide little more than a temporary palliative to ailing industries.
词源late Middle English (as an adjective): from French palliatif, -ive or medieval Latin palliativus, from the verb palliare ‘to cloak’, from pallium ‘cloak’.