palliative
英 ['pælɪətɪv]
美 ['pælɪ'etɪv]
- n. 辩解；缓和剂；暂时姑息的手段
- adj. 缓和的；掩饰的；可斟酌的
助记提示
1、palli- + -ative.
2、字面含义为：cloaked, cover with a cloak, conceal. => alleviate without curing.
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.
双语例句
- 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。
来自柯林斯例句
- 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。
来自辞典例句
- 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.
来自辞典例句
- 4. Treatment of electrical burns is palliative.
- 电烧伤的治疗只起治标作用.
来自辞典例句
- 5. This is only a palliative.
- 这仅仅是一种掩饰.
来自辞典例句