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palliative

英 ['pælɪətɪv] 美 ['pælɪ'etɪv]

解释

n. 辩解；缓和剂；暂时姑息的手段
adj. 缓和的；掩饰的；可斟酌的

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中文词源

palliative 缓冲，权宜之计

来自palliate,减轻，缓和，-ive,形容词后缀。引申词义权宜之计。

英文词源

palliative (adj.): early 15c., from Middle French palliatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin palliativus "under cloak, covert," from Late Latin palliatus (see palliate). As a noun, recorded from 1724.

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例句和用法

1. The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.: 私宅中可用房间数的增加缓解了客房总体不足的问题。

2. The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles.: 对于越来越多的财政问题，贷款只是权宜之计，不是解决方法。

3. More frequently some form of local palliative operation is done.: 进行一定方式的局部姑息手术则更为多见.

4. Treatment of electrical burns is palliative.: 电烧伤的治疗只起治标作用.

5. This is only a palliative.: 这仅仅是一种掩饰.