palliate
vt. 減輕; 緩和(痛苦、疾病等); 辯解; 掩飾(罪過等)
1. lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;
2. provide physical relief, as from pain;
Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.
作家的組織固然可以排遣他們的孤獨, 但是我懷疑它們未必能夠促進作家的創作.
I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another.
我從不想暴露別人的錯誤,以圖掩飾自己的缺點.
I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.
我從不想暴露別人的錯誤,以圖減輕自己的缺點.
I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.
我不想掩飾, 我可以向你保證.
Objective: to palliate sufferings of patients, to enhance the success rate of esophagus electrode insertion.
目的: 減少病人痛苦, 提高插食管電極的成功率.