palliate meaning in English
vt.
1.(暂时)减轻(疾病等)，缓和(痛苦等)。
2.掩饰(罪过等)。
n.
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1. 减轻，缓和；掩饰(罪过等)。
2. 起减轻[缓和]作用的东西；辩解；掩饰之词。
Examples
- I don't wish to palliate them, i assure you .
我不想掩饰，我可以向你保证。 - The social justice movement was the first largescale attempt to palliate the grosser aspects of american life .
社会正义运动是第一次大规模的减少美国生活阴暗面的尝试。 - I shall never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another
我从不想暴露别人的错误，以图减轻自己的缺点。 - 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。 - Organizations for writers palliate the writer ' s loneliness , but i doubt if they improve his writing
作家组织固然可以排遣他们的孤独，但是我怀疑它们是否能够促进作家的创作。