assuaging v. (使)不愉快的感觉减轻;(使)宽慰;满足(食欲、愿望)(assuage 的现在分词)
- It is not just about assuaging your conscience.
这不仅是有关平息你的良心。 - The problem, though, is that assuaging Germany’s sensitivities may yet grate on Irish ones.
然而问题是缓和德国的敏感点也仍有可能刺激爱尔兰问题。 - In the short term, it must be enough to free the ECB to intervene without limit, by assuaging fears of moral hazard.
短期来看,解除对ECB的限制,使其毫无限制地进行干预,降低市场对道德风险的担忧,那一定是足够的。
Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
{Sweet}.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron.
Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See {Alleviate}.