allay

verb

1. 减轻（尤指情绪）
   to make sth, especially a feeling, less strong
   1. to allay fears/concern/suspicion
      减轻恐惧；减轻忧虑；减少怀疑

1. VERB 消除（疑虑、恐惧等）
   If you allay someone's fears or doubts, you stop them feeling afraid or doubtful.
   1. 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。

1. 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。
2. Merkel may have been trying to allay investors 'fears, but most now see it for what it is: Greece is already preparing for what it hopes will be an orderly default, even though the country has not yet technically declared bankruptcy.
   默克尔可能一直在试图减轻投资者的忧虑，但现在大多数人已经看清了事实真相：虽然希腊尚未正式宣布破产，但该国已经开始为其所希望的有序违约做准备。
3. This can help allay fears that you might upset the balance of the team or have trouble taking direction.
   这有助于减轻你可能影响团队平衡或者在领导方面的担忧。
4. This article can help allay those concerns for C and C++ applications that make use of the Xerces-C++ parser.
   本文可以减轻使用Xerces-C++解析器的C和C++应用程序的这些担忧。
5. Cheap oil ought to do wonders for demand. It should also allay concerns about current account deficits.
   廉价石油应当能起到提振需求的奇迹般效果，也应当会缓解经常账户赤字引发的担忧。
6. Katie managed to allay her daughter's anguish with a lollipop and some toy purchases yesterday.
   凯蒂为了安抚女儿的情绪，给她买了个棒棒糖和其他一些玩具。
7. They had to work hard to allay the fears and dispel suspicions on both sides.
   他们致力于消除双方的猜忌和疑虑。
8. They are trying to allay public fears about the spread of the disease.
   警察力图减轻她的恐惧，但是没有收到什么效果。
9. Equally important, a large SDR allocation would allay a systemic danger posed by countries that may conclude from this crisis that their holdings of international reserves were too small.
   同样重要的是，大笔特别提款权分配将减轻一些国家带来的系统性危险，这些国家可能会从此次危机中得出结论：它们持有的国际储备规模过小。
10. But the fact that everyone seems to agree on this point should not allay our worries.
    但所有人似乎都同意这一点，不应减轻我们的担忧。
11. There pills will allay pain.
    这药丸可以减轻疼痛。
12. Huawei had worked hard to win the Sprint contract, and sought out a U.S.partner to allay security concerns.
    华为为获得Sprint的合同付出了巨大的努力，它寻找了一个美国的合伙人来减轻安全担忧。
13. Console: to allay the sorrow or grief of.
    减轻痛苦，减轻悲伤；安慰；
14. The pilot tried to allay their fears.
    飞行员试图缓解他们的恐惧。
15. The statement failed to allay public fears of higher interest rates.
    声明没能减轻民众对利率升高的恐惧感。
16. Wachovia tried to allay customers 'and investors's fears, saying that its core businesses were performing well.
    Wachovia试图平息客户和投资者的担忧，称其核心业务运转正常。
17. The EU should aim to exchange awarding China Market Economy Status ( which would allay China's fear of European protectionism) for the removal by China of its own barriers to trade and investment.
    欧盟应以授予中国市场经济地位（这将减轻中国对欧洲保护主义的担忧）为条件，换取中国取消贸易和投资壁垒。
18. Nor can they allay fear about the non-bank parts of the system, such as money market funds.
    它们也不可能缓和投资者对金融体系中非银行领域的担心，例如货币市场基金。
19. Peppermint is frequently used to allay nausea and vomiting and will relieve the pain of colic.
    欧薄荷常被用作缓和反胃和呕吐，亦舒缓绞痛。
20. Beijing has tried to allay such fears, however, by giving foreign groups time to adjust.
    不过，北京方面一直试图减轻这种担心，方法是给予外资会计师事务所一定的时间进行调整。
21. China could also allay its fears about energy, food and military security.
    与此同时，中国还可以缓解其对能源，食物和军事安全方面的担忧。
22. Sometimes you will need to dig deep into those to allay your concerns, other times not.
    有时你需要对一些风险深入分析从而减少担忧，有时则不需要。
23. The star-studded board may help Winnington to allay potential client concerns about China's rather opaque property market.
    中国的地产市场非常不透明，而这个名流集聚的董事会，可能帮助Winnington减少潜在客户的相关担忧。
24. Her statement was an attempt to allay public anxieties about the economic situation.
    她的声明是试图减轻公众对经济情势的忧心。
25. The ladies knew better how to allay it.
    两位女士知道怎样才能缓和他的情绪。
26. To soften or soothe; allay or lessen, as pain or grief.
    缓和；抚慰；减轻（痛苦或悲伤）。
27. The doctor's friendly manner helped the patient allay his fear.
    医生态度和蔼，有助于减轻病人恐惧感。
28. I hope this statement will allay the public's fears.
    我希望这声明会消除大众的恐惧。
29. Now I determined to step in myself and to allay her scruples with a portion of the truth.
    这时，我决定亲自出马，说出一部分实话，消除她的顾虑。
30. These experiments could not conceivably have produced data to support or allay public worries about GM crops.
    这些实验根本不可能产生可靠数据，加深或者缓解公众对于转基因农作物的忧虑。

  ease allay alleviate lessen【导航词义：减轻】

  ease v. （使）减轻，（使）缓解

〔辨析〕指减轻事情的恶劣程度、身心痛苦等。

  allay v. 〈正式〉减轻

〔辨析〕通常指减轻恐惧、担心、怀疑等。

  alleviate v. 〈书〉减轻，缓和

〔辨析〕指减轻疼痛、痛苦、难度等。

  lessen v. （使）减轻，（使）减少

〔辨析〕指减轻痛苦，或降低风险、重要性等。

verb

1. satisfy (thirst)
   1. The cold water quenched his thirst

   Synonym:    quenchslakeassuage

2. lessen the intensity of or calm
   1. The news eased my conscience
   2. still the fears

   Synonym:    stillrelieveease