palliate

1 The solution to terrorism is not to pass imperfect laws that will palliate the masses until next time.

2 Nay, do not shudder: there are many palliating circumstances which he did not know, but which I will relate to you hereafter, in order to calm and tranquilize your mind.

3 Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness but I doubt if they improve his writing.

组织对作家减轻作家的寂寞但是我怀疑如果他们改良他的写作。

4 Mrs. Marks' letter was not meant unkindly, but she never attempted to lessen Tom's fault or palliate his conduct; the truth stood out in all its glaring hideousness.

5 In an effort to palliate these advocates, legislators offered a work-around, passing legislation to relax the restrictions on bail funds, allowing them to post higher bails and to bail out people facing Class-A felony charges.

6 His role, he said, was “not to ‘sell’ the U.S.A. but to ‘explain’ it, not to palliate its blemishes but to contextualize them.”

7 I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.

我不想掩饰，我可以向你保证。

8 And growing evidence of its propensity to palliate pain and nausea fueled the push for medical marijuana.

9 One who offers an apology, admits himself to have been, at least apparently, in the wrong, but brings forward some palliating circumstance, or tenders a frank acknowledgment, by way of reparation.

10 I have no reverence for any book that upholds or palliates the infamous institution of polygamy.

11 They regarded the Paxton men as victims of Quaker neglect and injustice, and showed a strong disposition to palliate, or excuse altogether, the violence of which they had been guilty.

12 Tow black don't make a white. You can't palliate your own badness with other's bad deed.

两黑不等于一白. 你不能用别人的恶行来掩饰自己的劣迹.

13 It might even palliate populism, which is partly driven by voters’ sense that the economy is rigged to benefit the rich and powerful—a hypothesis which the evidence on licensing plainly supports.

14 He, of course, was right about the latter, but why does he always feel the need to palliate any affront to the humanity and dignity of black life in America?

15 A more difficult question arises when we inquire after a remedy for evils too glaring to be overlooked, and too grave to be tolerated, without an effort to palliate, if not to remove them.

16 Yet we know that it has passively allowed a great deal to occur, a fact which it subsequently seeks to conceal and to palliate.

17 His attempt to palliate the effect of this didactic approach was to create big stories for his characters.

18 Long hours of sitting masquerade as wellness, insecurity is palliated by snacks, and flexibility’s just another name for no time of your own.

19 His thoughts on transience — essentially, “if no moment ever returns, we should appreciate all the more each moment that is given us” — palliate Monet’s otherwise terrifying vision.

20 The stain of murder, which was really on her hands, she was full willing that it should rest on him, only slightly palliated by the lie which she had told.

1 为辩解

explain away

2 缓解痛苦

soothing

3 减轻

alleviative mitigant palliative lessened mollifying palliatory assuasive palliator ease relief relaxation mitigation remission easement abatement alleviation lessening palliation extenuation assuagement mollification remit kill relieve buffer dull mitigate lighten numb sweeten subdue solace abate allay assuage mollify disburden extenuate mitigating lay compromise moderate chill alleviate subside ease off sweat off closure moderation surcease anti- fall lose nurse heal soothe reduce lessen help modify minimize commute soften quell quieten soothe away derogation absorb excuse dilute mute save qualify relax modulate muted combat offload let up ease up still ameliorate work off smooth over take the edge off modificatory extenuatory soothing extenuating quarter modification remittal beat remedy shave temper beet dampen salve bate subdued remissive minish disedge sauce plaster relent slake stanch decongest

4 缓和

subdued modification detente palliation let-up modify compromise buffer alleviate remit allay assuage relent palliative ease off let up mitigation moderation thaw ease temper mute mollify emollient relief détente moderate relieve mitigate lighten soothe sweeten lull defuse deaden slake cushion the blow tone down ease up smooth over soften the blow soft-pedal modificatory alleviative ease-up soothing demulcent assuasive relaxation seasoning remission easement alleviation appeasement mollification subdual relax season beat smooth comfort quiet qualify dull slack modulate disarm opiate appease solace abate salve chasten attemper obtund lenitive remissive relaxative subside prepare absorb cushion alloy soften balm subdue attenuate slacken stanch

5 暂时缓和

palliative palliation

6 辩解

palliative exculpatory deprecatory excusatory apologetically explanation excuse allegation apology plea pleading apologetic counterargument palliation apologize explain allege plead gloss vindicate excuse oneself say for oneself justificative out alibi vindication answer speak

7 掩饰

palliative masked blind disguise cloak varnish camouflage cover-up pretense whitewash dissimulation palliation dissimulate gloss slur belie dissemble extenuate gloze mask veil veneering cover paper hide veneer concealed veiling conceal boggle smooth salve pocket blanch over gloss over understatement masquerade pretext launder white-wash stalking-horse dodge cushion wangle cosmetic coat secrecy covert whitewashing topdressing simular sleek feign eyewash fard

8 原谅

forgiveness pardon oblivion excuse forgive

9 减轻痛苦

palliative sedative lenitive

10 减

minus subtractive

11 缓解

subside help salve reprieve allay settle abate relief remission ease absorb relieve dull alleviate numb smooth over

12 为…辩解

excuse extenuate in apology for