pal.li.ate

palliate的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈpæli:ˌeit]
KK音标发音： [ˈpæliˌet]

palliate的词性：
v.tr.（及物动词）

1. To make (an offense or crime) seem less serious; extenuate.
减轻，缓和：减轻痛苦，掩饰罪过；减轻

2. To make less severe or intense; mitigate:
掩饰：使不那么严重或紧张；缓和：

tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent.
不成功地尽力去减轻普遍的不满

3. To relieve the symptoms of a disease or disorder.
减轻：减轻疾病或小病的征兆

palliate的词源：

4. Middle English palliaten
中古英语 palliaten

5. from Late Latin palli3re palli3t- [to cloak, palliate]
源自 后期拉丁语 palli3re palli3t- [包庇，减轻，掩饰]

6. from Latin pallium [cloak]
源自 拉丁语 pallium [包庇]

palliate的词性：
n.（名词）

palliate的词性：
n.（名词）

palliate， extenuate， gloss， gloze， whitewash

7. The central meaning shared by these verbs is “to cause a fault or offense to seem less grave or less reprehensible”:
这些动词所共有的中心意思是：“使错误或罪过看起来不那么严重和应受谴责”：

palliate a crime;
减轻罪过；

couldn't extenuate the malfeasance;
不能掩饰罪过；

glossing over an unethical transaction;
掩饰不合理的交易；

glozing sins and iniquities;
掩饰罪过和罪恶；

whitewashed official complicity in political extortion. See also Synonyms at relieve
掩饰政治纠纷中的官方冲突 参见同义词 relieve