【20分】assuage allay alleviate有什么区别?如题要适用的具体语境

【20分】assuage allay alleviate有什么区别?如题要适用的具体语境
【20分】assuage allay alleviate有什么区别?
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【20分】assuage allay alleviate有什么区别?如题要适用的具体语境
assuage /əˈsweɪdʒ/ DJ 发音 /ə'swedʒ/ KK verb VN formal
to make an unpleasant feeling less severe 缓和,减轻（不快）
His reply did little to assuage my suspicions. 他的答覆一点也没有减少我的怀疑.
If you assuage an unpleasant feeling that someone has, you make them feel it less strongly.
If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it.
allay /əˈleɪ/ DJ 发音 /ə'le/ KK
to make sth, especially a feeling, less strong 减轻（尤指情绪） verb VN formal
to allay fears/concern/suspicion 减轻恐惧／忧虑；减少怀疑
If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
assure /əˈʃʊə(r)/ DJ 发音 /-ʃɔː(r)/ DJ 发音 /əˈʃʊr/ DJ US 发音 /ə'ʃur/ KK US verb
to tell sb that sth is definitely true or is definitely going to happen, especially when they have doubts about it 使确信；向…保证 ~ sb (of sth)
I know you think I did it deliberately, but I assure you (that) I did not. 我知道你认为我是故意干的,不过我向你保证不是故意的. VN (that)
We were assured that everything possible was being done. 我们确信是在尽一切努力.
She's perfectly safe,I can assure you. 我可以向你保证,她绝对安全. VN
We assured him of our loyal support. 我们使他确信我们始终不渝的支持.
He'll come back,’ Susan assured her. “他会回来的.”苏珊安慰她道. VN speech
to make yourself certain about sth 弄清；查明 ~ yourself (of sth)
He assured himself of her safety. 他确定她是安全的. VN
She assured herself that the letter was still in the drawer. 她查清楚信仍然在抽屉里. VN that
to make sth certain to happen 确保；使确定
Victory would assure a place in the finals. 胜利将确保能参加决赛. VN
Victory would assure them a place in the finals. 胜利将确保他们能参加决赛. VNN
to insure sth, especially against sb's death 保险（尤指人寿险） VN British English
What is the sum assured? 人寿保险额是多少?

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relieve， allay， alleviate， assuage， lighten， mitigate，
All of these verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable. To relieve is to ease and make more endurable something causing disc...

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relieve， allay， alleviate， assuage， lighten， mitigate，
All of these verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable. To relieve is to ease and make more endurable something causing discomfort or distress:
所有这些动词意味着使某事变得不太严重或更可忍受。
Relieve 指缓解或使造成不快或压抑的某事变得可以忍受：
“that misery which he strives in vain to relieve” (Henry David Thoreau).
“他徒劳地奋力去减轻苦难” （亨利·大卫·梭罗）。
“The counselor relieved her fears” (Sir Walter Scott).
“顾问消除了她的恐惧” （瓦尔特·施科特爵士）。
Allay suggests relief at least for the time being from what is burdensome or painful:
Allay 意味着至少是暂时从造成负担或痛苦的事物中解脱出来：
“This music crept by me upon the waters,/Allaying both their fury and my passion/With its sweet air” (Shakespeare).
“在水面音乐爬上我的心头/平息了他们的愤怒和我的热情/用它甜美的声音” （莎士比亚）。
Alleviate connotes temporary lessening of distress without removal of its cause:
Alleviate 指短暂的减轻压抑而没有解决其根源：
“No arguments shall be wanting on my part that can alleviate so severe a misfortune” (Jane Austen). To assuage is to soothe or make milder:
“对我来说要减轻如此严重的不幸，不需要任何争论” （简·奥斯汀）。Assuage 是抚慰或使更适度：
“What shall assuage the unforgotten pain/And teach the unforgetful to forget?” (Dante Gabriel Rossetti).
“什么会抚慰不能忘却的痛苦/并且让无法忘怀的人学会遗忘?” （但丁·加布利亚尔·罗塞蒂）。
Lighten in this comparison signifies to make less heavy or oppressive:
Lighten 在这种比较中指使变得不太沉重或不太压抑：
Congress endeavored to lighten the taxpayers' burden.
国会努力减轻纳税人的负担。
Mitigate and palliate connote moderating the severity, force, or intensity of something that causes suffering:
Mitigate 和palliate 都意味着减弱造成痛苦的事物严重性、力量或强度：
“I . . . prayed to the Lord to mitigate a calamity which seemed to me past the capacity of man to remedy” (John Galt).
“我…向上帝祈祷，祈求他减轻这场人力所不能补救的灾难” （约翰·加尔特）。
“His well-known financial ability made men turn to him in the hour of distress, as of all statesmen the most fitted to palliate it” (William E.H. Lecky).
“他广为人知的融资能力使得人们在痛苦的时候向他求助，就象最合适的政治家来减轻它一样” （威廉E·H·勒凯）

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