alleviate
verb🔊/əˈliːvieɪt/
🔊/əˈliːvieɪt/
Verb Forms
| present simple I / you / we / they alleviate | 🔊/əˈliːvieɪt/ 🔊/əˈliːvieɪt/ |
| he / she / it alleviates | 🔊/əˈliːvieɪts/ 🔊/əˈliːvieɪts/ |
| past simple alleviated | 🔊/əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ |
| past participle alleviated | 🔊/əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ 🔊/əˈliːvieɪtɪd/ |
| -ing form alleviating | 🔊/əˈliːvieɪtɪŋ/ 🔊/əˈliːvieɪtɪŋ/ |
- alleviate something
to make something less severe 减轻；缓和；缓解 to alleviate suffering 减轻苦难 A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem. 采取了一系列措施缓解这个问题。 🔊🔊
Extra ExamplesThese problems have been greatly alleviated by the passing of the new Act. 新条例的通过使这些问题得以大大缓解。 Are we doing enough to alleviate poverty in these countries? 我们在减轻这些国家的贫困方面做得足够吗？
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadverb- considerably
- greatly
- significantly
- …
- be designed to
- help (to)
- do little to
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from late Latin alleviat- ‘lightened’, from the verb alleviare, from Latin allevare, from ad- ‘to’ + levare ‘raise’, influenced by levis ‘light’.