Assuage

assuage







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[uh-sweyj]



vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)



          1.    緩和,減輕(病痛等)

          2.    滿足(食慾,慾望等)

          3.    使安靜





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–verb (used with object) 

1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's [grief]; to assuage one's [pain]. 

2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's [hunger]. 

3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his [fears]; to assuage her [anger].  



—Synonyms 

1. alleviate, lessen.



—Antonyms 

intensify.





　Similarly, when Ángela's recently widowed father, Tomás (Txema Blasco), begins to envision his late wife as a means to help assuage his [grief], Ángel acknowledges her presence. Is Ángel humoring the grief-sticken Tomás, or can the angel within him actually see her?





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