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单词 allay
释义
allay
verb[T]
formal
uk
/əˈleɪ/us
/əˈleɪ/
If you allay astrongemotionfeltby someone, such asfearorworry, youcausethem tofeelit less or tofeelcalmagain:
减轻，缓解（担忧、恐惧等）
Thegovernmentistryingto allaypublicfears/concernabout thespreadof thedisease.政府正努力消除公众对疾病蔓延的恐惧／担心。
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(Definition ofallayfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

allay| American Dictionary

allay
verb[T]
us
/əˈleɪ/
to make anegativeemotionlessstrongor aproblemlessdifficult:
I wasnervous, butseeingher allayed myfears.
(Definition ofallayfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofallay

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My aim is merely toallayworries about holding ethical theories answerable to moral norms in the way that my present proposal does.
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This meant that only such incidents as were amenable to this kind of proof could be considered, but it allays scepticism about the woman's allegations.
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Thus, for many of these children, the natural basis for allaying fear is also a source of their threat.
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Yet once one has identified problems in known material it is difficult toallaysuspicion.
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Considerable care was taken toallayanxieties about the constitutional implications of this particular marriage.
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On the other hand, to the extent that the novel is a literary genre, it helpsallaythe concern that cultural studies displaces literary studies.
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This procedure should ensure that concerns over possible bias caused by using a purely systematic method of collection are allayed.
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The fact that there are other potential entrepreneurs that could take over if the incumbent shirks its duties helpsallaysuch fears.
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Informed consent does notallaythe surplus of ethical affairs that surface in biographical work.
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The promise of genetics to introduce universally available improvements in future generations does not suffice toallayour concerns.
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The proposal of a locally-based board did little toallaysuspicions of controlled marketing.
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It has rarely been possible toallayanxieties fully: so many of the questions could only be given provisional answers until national frameworks are established.
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This shock led commentators and practitioners (many of whose doubts had never been fully allayed) publicly to recant.
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This study would seem toallayat least some of that fear.
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A final point is toallayconcerns over the introduction of numerical computation into phonology.
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