| 词汇 | allayed |
| 释义 | allayed past simple and past participle ofallay allay verb[ T ] formaluk /əˈleɪ/ us /əˈleɪ/ If you allay a strong emotion felt by someone, such as fear or worry, you cause them to feel it less or to feel calm again: 减轻，缓解（担忧、恐惧等） The government is trying to allay public fears/concern about the spread of the disease.政府正努力消除公众对疾病蔓延的恐惧／担心。 Making things better add salt to somethingidiom allay alleviate alleviation ameliorate cultivate levelling up lighten liven (something) up lubricate make a differenceidiom make a world of differenceidiom remedial repolish restructure revamp revitalize revivify sharpen tonic Examples of allayedallayed In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. This procedure should ensure that concerns over possible bias caused by using a purely systematic method of collection are allayed. This shock led commentators and practitioners (many of whose doubts had never been fully allayed) publicly to recant. The poor man's hunger is allayed to the satisfaction of his spectators. My initial scepticism about the possibility, within a single book, of addressing all these issues was (for the main part) allayed, as the chapters unfolded their arguments. It is clear that the assurances which they have been given over a number of years have not allayed this concern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 That concern does not appear to have been allayed by the generalities expressed in another place. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 So that is a way in which the fears about indiscriminate land disposal and development could be allayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 This allayed our main concerns with the 1998 supplementary budget and the 1999 budget. From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English You yourself have certainly allayed some of these doubts - you deserve credit for that - but our doubts are still justified! From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English In such cases, the surveillance is discontinued or postponed until the target's fears have been allayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is important that our concerns should have been addressed and allayed before we have to reach a decision on such donorship. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I am grateful to my noble friend, who has allayed my fear. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope he will also give an assurance that something will be done by which public feeling may be allayed in regard to this matter. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Has that allayed public anxiety and uneasiness with regard to it? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I hope that my noble friend will accept my assurance and that his doubts will be allayed. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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