alleviate
verb- alleviate something
to make something less severe synonym ease减轻;缓和;缓解 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? 我们为减轻这些国家的贫困做得足够了吗?
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’.