palliatives的中文翻譯是什麼意思

N-COUNT緩和劑；治標劑；姑息療法

A palliative is a drug or medical treatment that relieves suffering without treating the cause of the suffering.

N-COUNT緩解性措施；權宜之計

A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a problem less severe but does not actually solve the problem.

• The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles...

  對於越來越多的財政問題，貸款只是權宜之計，不是解決方法。

• The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.

  私宅中可用房間數的增加緩解了客房總體不足的問題。