bec商务英语词汇详解：assuage
| 单词 | assuage |
| 中文释义 |
缓和、缓解（及物动词） |
| 英文释义 |
(transitive verb) To make something painful less severe; to soothe. |
| 例句 |
EXAMPLE: When his wife died suddenly, nothing his friends or family could say was able to assuage the sad husband’s terrible grief. 妻子突然逝世，朋友和家人说什么也无法缓解这位丈夫的深深悲痛。 |
