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 allay [ə'le]   添加此单词到默认生词本
vt. 使平静, 使缓和

  1. Work can allay trouble.
    工作能减轻烦恼。
  2. More reading may be allaying your doubt.
    多读书或许可以减少你的疑惑。
  3. allay :
    使和缓。


allay


Allay \Al*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Allayed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Allaying}.] [OE. alaien, aleggen, to lay down, put down,
humble, put an end to, AS. [=a]lecgan; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-,
G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lecgan to lay; but confused with
old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. See {Lay}.]
1. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to
quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay
the tumult of the passions.

2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the
severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.

It would allay the burning quality of that fell
poison. --Shak.

Syn: To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate;
subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See
{Alleviate}.


Allay \Al*lay"\, v. t.
To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. ``When the
rage allays.'' --Shak.


Allay \Al*lay"\, n.
Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]


Allay \Al*lay"\, n.
Alloy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.


Allay \Al*lay"\, v. t.
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to
deteriorate. [Archaic] --Fuller.

  1. A good earnings report from one of the market's largest companies helped allay some concern and lift the blue chip average.
  2. But he knows a lot of people are anxious, and Haughey feels the best way to allay those concerns _ especially economic ones _ is to wrap Germany into the European Community, which is on a fast track to economic union.
  3. Her owner was counseled on a "happy routine" that would allay some of the dog's anxieties.
  4. The company said it hoped agreement could be reached to allay the government's major concerns, but that it would need time to study the report before commenting further.
  5. The collapse of East Germany and its merger with West Germany on Oct. 3 did nothing to allay suspicions that Schalck retained control of a corrupt financial empire.
  6. His comments didn't allay the fears of most traders, who are skittish about being caught on the wrong side of a Japanese central-bank intervention.
  7. The European Commission's decision to re-open its investigation of the British Airways-Dan-Air merger will do little to allay the fears of those who worry that its competition policy is politically driven.
  8. Some state authorities may choose the screening of applicants for marriage licenses, if only to allay fears and perhaps reduce the incidence of children infected at birth.
  9. Mr Major always promises lower taxes, but may not dwell on who increased taxation in the first place. He should seek to allay the anxieties of an electorate that has endured a long recession and lost confidence in the durability of any job.
  10. The gimmick, known as a "pocket charter," was designed to allay fears by thrift acquirers that the FSLIC or a successor agency might default on its notes.
  11. We tried to allay fears, and those that needed more convincing were given appointments," Lloyd said.
  12. He sought to allay fears that U.S. farm policy was going to be dictated by the Uruguay Round in Geneva, but said it would be naive to think it should not be affected.
  13. This has helped allay concerns that rising bond yields would lure cash out of stocks into the Treasury market.
  14. Cristiani dedicated several minutes of his speech to the rights issue in an apparent attempt to allay fears.
  15. Egypt may have elicited the reported promise to allay Arab fears that Israel was preparing to launch a military strike on Iraq to cripple its burgeoning weapons industry.
  16. Mr. Cecin of Piper Jaffray says some action from government policy makers would allay investor fears.
  17. Analysts interpreted the joint statement by the two consumer-electronics companies as an attempt to allay concerns that a bitter conflict between them would confuse customers and stifle the market.
  18. Our task in any search is to provide the best-qualified candidate and to provide comparisons to allay the fears of executives that their own person is not the best around.
  19. A top-ranking official from West Germany tried to allay these fears during a speech to the final session of the Congress.
  20. When it sold businesses in the past, it has tried to allay employee fears of job losses.
  21. In both cases, part of the reason for the legislation was to allay the public's fear about the potential for improper use of charitable donations.
  22. Amendments must allay the doubts of Danish voters over European union, by allowing exemptions in areas such as monetary union and common European defence. But they must not upset other EC members firmly committed to Maastricht-style integration.
  23. Greenspan called such fears unwarranted but hinted the discount rate may have to rise to allay them.
  24. On the second day of a 12-day tour of Australia and Asia he sought to allay fears that the US might neglect the region.
  25. He was referring to comments made by Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan, who said over the weekend that the Fed might be forced to raise the discount rate to allay inflation fears that might get out of hand in the financial markets.
  26. Perot even donated $500,000 to a local school district to allay its fears over lost tax revenue because of concessions granted American to lure its maintenance base.
  27. West Point, based in West Point, Ga., agreed to sell half of Stevens's towel operations and 20% of its sheet operations to Bibb to allay antitrust concerns.
  28. But while that may prove a good omen for the interest-rate outlook, it wouldn't do much to allay worries about corporate profits.
  29. They speculated that Maxwell proposed the standstill to allay fears he would go after new partner McGraw-Hill, considered a takeover target for some time.
  30. He flew to Israel on Tuesday for what he described as a "family visit." Another Shamir aide, Avi Pazner, suggested that the Soviets were trying to allay fears of Palestinians and Arab leaders.
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