late Middle English: from late Latin palliat-cloaked, from the verb palliare, from palliumcloak
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1.lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;
The circumstances extenuate the crime
2.provide physical relief, as from pain;
This pill will relieve your headaches
医学
1.缓和,减轻:减低严重程度
法律
1.辩解
-palliate
1 . 抚慰
-------------------------palliate抚慰palatable美味的
2 . 以图掩饰
I shall never attempt to palliatemy own foibles by exposing the error of another ., 我从不想暴露别人的错误 , 以图掩饰自己的缺点.
相关词条
+palliate a crime
1 . 减轻罪过
palliate a crime ;, 减轻罪过;
+to palliate
1 . 去减轻
tried unsuccessfully to palliate the widespread discontent ., 不成功地尽力去减轻普遍的不满.
+palliate it
1 . 减轻它
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EH勒凯)
+wish to palliate
1 . 想掩饰
I don ' t wish to palliate them , I assure you ., 我不想掩饰, 我可以向你保证.