及物动词
1. Father helped to allay her fears.
父亲帮助她消除恐惧。
2. His fever was allayed by the medicine.
这药剂使他退烧了。
3. The injection allayed his pain.
打针后,他的痛苦减轻了。
1. 使和缓,使镇静:align 使合作,排列成行 | allay 使和缓,使镇静 | alleviate 减轻,使缓和
2. 减轻, 减少:alley n.小路, 巷, (花园里两边有树篱的)小径 | allay 减轻, 减少 | amnesia n.健忘症
3. 减轻:allargando 转强的 | allay 减轻 | allecret 半身薄铠甲
4. 缓解:allege 宣称 | allay 缓解 | alley 小巷,胡同
1. 消除(疑虑、恐惧等)
If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
e.g. He did what he could to allay his wife's fears.
他竭尽所能来消除妻子的各种恐惧。