Definition of palliate in English:

palliate

verb ˈpalɪeɪtˈpæliˌeɪt

1with object Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause.
减轻；缓和（疾病，症候）
treatment works by palliating symptoms
治疗在减轻症状方面有效。
no object pharmaceutical drugs palliate, they do not cure
Example sentencesExamples
- But it wasn't until 1983 that the first successful operation to palliate the anomalies was reported by Norwood.
- In those pre- and early historical times people frequented such places often in the belief that imbibing the fresh water from a rocky pool, a woodland grove or a hollow in a grassland clearing cured or palliated certain illnesses.
- There were 213 patients after exclusion of the 58 patients who were palliated, followed up for less than 24 months or lost to follow-up.
- No such consideration palliated the treatment they received in the north.
- In a disease that we may be palliating, but not curing, this is a significant cost.
- Lung transplantation has become an acceptable therapy to palliate patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases.
- Acupuncture controls chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, and can palliate chronic pain.
- Where recurrent disease is responsible for blockage of lymphatic collaterals, chemotherapy may be tried to palliate the symptomatology.
- Jaundice is palliated by stenting the stricture at the lower end of the common bile duct; this has superseded operative palliation.
- Daudet consumed huge amounts of morphine, chloral and bromide in an attempt to palliate his excruciating pains.
- External compression of airways can be palliated with stent insertion.
- Surgery and chemotherapy may palliate pain caused by tumor growth and encroachment on normal structures.
- The drink stimulates the appetite and aids digestions, and the food palliates the ethylic effects of the drink.
- Tracheobronchial stents effectively restore airway patency in selected patients with large airway obstruction and palliate symptoms of fistulae in a relatively noninvasive fashion.
- Conversely, the bulk of standard treatments for varicose veins and hemorrhoids are geared toward removing the problem or palliating the disease.
- Symptoms such as hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain often can be effectively palliated by external beam radiation.
- It's an absolutely integral part, of treating patients whether that be with the intention of curing a patient, or with the intention of palliating or improving symptoms.
Synonyms
alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, take the edge off, assuage, allay, dull, soften, lessen, moderate, temper, mitigate, diminish, decrease, blunt, deaden, abate
rare lenify
2Disguise the seriousness of (an offence)
掩饰（某种冒犯）
there is no way to excuse or palliate his dirty deed
对他这种肮脏的行为无法原谅也无法掩饰。
Example sentencesExamples
- People's generosity and the ideology of reciprocity palliated the experiences of poverty, hard times, and corn shortages.
- In the end, however, he palliates the differences, leaving the possibility for some way to harmonize the two.
- The creeping fractures in both have been palliated by results in recent games, but the coming ones will determine whether those signs of life are indicative of temporary remission or permanent recovery.
- A fire-breathing New York City minister denounced the absence of God in the preamble as ‘an omission which no pretext whatever can palliate.’
- There is, however, one palliating feature for the young ladies about these gatherings, and that is that they are given plenty of kedrouvie nuts, in order to keep their mouths busy.
- These women were able to palliate ethnic and class differences by integrating recent European immigrants and native-born women into a single community with a coherent spirituality.
- He was never one to palliate or eulogise, he was never a regulation aesthete.
- De Guingand's role as a foil to Montgomery was a vital one and his diplomacy and tact helped palliate Montgomery's abrasiveness.
- The need to deny, palliate, or make up for the thinness of New World culture and to mount counter-claims of glory for New World scenery long shaped how America was viewed and portrayed.
Synonyms
disguise, hide, gloss over, conceal, whitewash, cover, cover up, camouflage, cloak, mask, paper over, varnish over
excuse, justify, extenuate, minimize, mitigate, make light of, tone down, play down, downplay
1. 2.1 Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions)
  减轻；缓和（恐惧，怀疑）
  this eliminated, or at least palliated, suspicions aroused by German unity
  这消除或至少减轻了德国统一引起的猜疑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  Frustration was palliated by a perception that the region was far more complex than the uninitiated suspected, and that to understand its dynamics one had to be an expert.
  It implies a change or a course of events that can be reversed, or whose consequences can at least be palliated or relativized.
  With laughs he palliates the sense of doom that is the heritage of the Irish Catholic.
  It is not material to consider whether any steps or any further steps could have been taken to avoid or palliate the risk that the blood would be infected.
  Selecting a period of bad weather to palliate allied air superiority, the Germans attacked on 16 December 1944.
  Then he reassured himself: women tended to be palliated by his abundant affection when his prowess faltered, rather frequently these days.
  The Democrats will by and large continue to cater to those interests and palliate the rest of us with rhetoric.
  People the world over, who are interested in non-violence, should unite to establish a non-violent defence to palliate the misery of people in different parts of the country, says Dr. Alberto.
  His touches are average dark ambient and he palliates what could otherwise be the sound of dread and belligerence.
  Far from being arbitrary, it seems to me that the Secretary of State has done all that he could be expected to do to palliate the deprivation of liberty of the many applicants for asylum here.
  With every growing line, I felt my confidence growing… It seemed that I could palliate my secret, almost erase the penury I had once lived in.
  There are those tales too of a somewhat grimmer nature concerning the use of humour to palliate the horrors of war.

Derivatives

palliation

noun palɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nˌpæliˈeɪʃ(ə)n

The goal of conventional treatment is palliation.
Example sentencesExamples
- Antiperspirants can provide useful palliation in patients with moderate hyperhidrosis, but in severe cases they are ineffective.
- The aggressive end stage management of these patients sharply contrasted with the palliation of terminal cancer patients.
- This study suggests that active involvement by caregivers committed to palliation can help alleviate the suffering of children dying from cancer.
- His own poems are less frequently direct expressions of anger than palliations of it.

palliator

noun

Assistance with the use of the Palliator was available if the patients were unable to use it by themselves.
Example sentencesExamples
- The Palliator may be too complex a psychomotor task to be effectively mastered in the immediate postoperative period.

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin palliat- 'cloaked', from the verb palliare, from pallium 'cloak'.

Rhymes

retaliate

Definition of palliate in US English:

palliate

verbˈpalēˌātˈpæliˌeɪt

[with object]

1Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause.
减轻；缓和（疾病，症候）
treatment works by palliating symptoms
治疗在减轻症状方面有效。
Example sentencesExamples
- Jaundice is palliated by stenting the stricture at the lower end of the common bile duct; this has superseded operative palliation.
- Lung transplantation has become an acceptable therapy to palliate patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases.
- In those pre- and early historical times people frequented such places often in the belief that imbibing the fresh water from a rocky pool, a woodland grove or a hollow in a grassland clearing cured or palliated certain illnesses.
- In a disease that we may be palliating, but not curing, this is a significant cost.
- Symptoms such as hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain often can be effectively palliated by external beam radiation.
- It's an absolutely integral part, of treating patients whether that be with the intention of curing a patient, or with the intention of palliating or improving symptoms.
- But it wasn't until 1983 that the first successful operation to palliate the anomalies was reported by Norwood.
- Where recurrent disease is responsible for blockage of lymphatic collaterals, chemotherapy may be tried to palliate the symptomatology.
- Daudet consumed huge amounts of morphine, chloral and bromide in an attempt to palliate his excruciating pains.
- External compression of airways can be palliated with stent insertion.
- The drink stimulates the appetite and aids digestions, and the food palliates the ethylic effects of the drink.
- No such consideration palliated the treatment they received in the north.
- Acupuncture controls chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, and can palliate chronic pain.
- Surgery and chemotherapy may palliate pain caused by tumor growth and encroachment on normal structures.
- Tracheobronchial stents effectively restore airway patency in selected patients with large airway obstruction and palliate symptoms of fistulae in a relatively noninvasive fashion.
- There were 213 patients after exclusion of the 58 patients who were palliated, followed up for less than 24 months or lost to follow-up.
- Conversely, the bulk of standard treatments for varicose veins and hemorrhoids are geared toward removing the problem or palliating the disease.
Synonyms
alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, take the edge off, assuage, allay, dull, soften, lessen, moderate, temper, mitigate, diminish, decrease, blunt, deaden, abate
1. 1.1 Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions)
  减轻；缓和（恐惧，怀疑）
  this eliminated, or at least palliated, suspicions aroused by German unity
  这消除或至少减轻了德国统一引起的猜疑。
  Example sentencesExamples
  It implies a change or a course of events that can be reversed, or whose consequences can at least be palliated or relativized.
  It is not material to consider whether any steps or any further steps could have been taken to avoid or palliate the risk that the blood would be infected.
  With every growing line, I felt my confidence growing… It seemed that I could palliate my secret, almost erase the penury I had once lived in.
  With laughs he palliates the sense of doom that is the heritage of the Irish Catholic.
  Frustration was palliated by a perception that the region was far more complex than the uninitiated suspected, and that to understand its dynamics one had to be an expert.
  There are those tales too of a somewhat grimmer nature concerning the use of humour to palliate the horrors of war.
  Then he reassured himself: women tended to be palliated by his abundant affection when his prowess faltered, rather frequently these days.
  His touches are average dark ambient and he palliates what could otherwise be the sound of dread and belligerence.
  People the world over, who are interested in non-violence, should unite to establish a non-violent defence to palliate the misery of people in different parts of the country, says Dr. Alberto.
  Selecting a period of bad weather to palliate allied air superiority, the Germans attacked on 16 December 1944.
  The Democrats will by and large continue to cater to those interests and palliate the rest of us with rhetoric.
  Far from being arbitrary, it seems to me that the Secretary of State has done all that he could be expected to do to palliate the deprivation of liberty of the many applicants for asylum here.
2. 1.2 Disguise the seriousness or gravity of (an offense)
  掩饰（某种冒犯）
  there is no way to excuse or palliate his dirty deed
  对他这种肮脏的行为无法原谅也无法掩饰。
  Example sentencesExamples
  He was never one to palliate or eulogise, he was never a regulation aesthete.
  These women were able to palliate ethnic and class differences by integrating recent European immigrants and native-born women into a single community with a coherent spirituality.
  De Guingand's role as a foil to Montgomery was a vital one and his diplomacy and tact helped palliate Montgomery's abrasiveness.
  In the end, however, he palliates the differences, leaving the possibility for some way to harmonize the two.
  A fire-breathing New York City minister denounced the absence of God in the preamble as ‘an omission which no pretext whatever can palliate.’
  People's generosity and the ideology of reciprocity palliated the experiences of poverty, hard times, and corn shortages.
  The need to deny, palliate, or make up for the thinness of New World culture and to mount counter-claims of glory for New World scenery long shaped how America was viewed and portrayed.
  There is, however, one palliating feature for the young ladies about these gatherings, and that is that they are given plenty of kedrouvie nuts, in order to keep their mouths busy.
  The creeping fractures in both have been palliated by results in recent games, but the coming ones will determine whether those signs of life are indicative of temporary remission or permanent recovery.
  Synonyms
  disguise, hide, gloss over, conceal, whitewash, cover, cover up, camouflage, cloak, mask, paper over, varnish over

Origin

Late Middle English: from late Latin palliat- ‘cloaked’, from the verb palliare, from pallium ‘cloak’.

词汇	palliate
释义	Definition of palliate in English: palliate verb ˈpalɪeɪtˈpæliˌeɪt 1with object Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe without removing the cause. 减轻；缓和（疾病，症候） treatment works by palliating symptoms 治疗在减轻症状方面有效。 no object pharmaceutical drugs palliate, they do not cure Example sentencesExamples But it wasn't until 1983 that the first successful operation to palliate the anomalies was reported by Norwood. In those pre- and early historical times people frequented such places often in the belief that imbibing the fresh water from a rocky pool, a woodland grove or a hollow in a grassland clearing cured or palliated certain illnesses. There were 213 patients after exclusion of the 58 patients who were palliated, followed up for less than 24 months or lost to follow-up. No such consideration palliated the treatment they received in the north. In a disease that we may be palliating, but not curing, this is a significant cost. Lung transplantation has become an acceptable therapy to palliate patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases. Acupuncture controls chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, and can palliate chronic pain. Where recurrent disease is responsible for blockage of lymphatic collaterals, chemotherapy may be tried to palliate the symptomatology. Jaundice is palliated by stenting the stricture at the lower end of the common bile duct; this has superseded operative palliation. Daudet consumed huge amounts of morphine, chloral and bromide in an attempt to palliate his excruciating pains. External compression of airways can be palliated with stent insertion. Surgery and chemotherapy may palliate pain caused by tumor growth and encroachment on normal structures. The drink stimulates the appetite and aids digestions, and the food palliates the ethylic effects of the drink. Tracheobronchial stents effectively restore airway patency in selected patients with large airway obstruction and palliate symptoms of fistulae in a relatively noninvasive fashion. Conversely, the bulk of standard treatments for varicose veins and hemorrhoids are geared toward removing the problem or palliating the disease. Symptoms such as hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain often can be effectively palliated by external beam radiation. It's an absolutely integral part, of treating patients whether that be with the intention of curing a patient, or with the intention of palliating or improving symptoms. Synonyms alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, take the edge off, assuage, allay, dull, soften, lessen, moderate, temper, mitigate, diminish, decrease, blunt, deaden, abate rare lenify 2Disguise the seriousness of (an offence) 掩饰（某种冒犯） there is no way to excuse or palliate his dirty deed 对他这种肮脏的行为无法原谅也无法掩饰。 Example sentencesExamples People's generosity and the ideology of reciprocity palliated the experiences of poverty, hard times, and corn shortages. In the end, however, he palliates the differences, leaving the possibility for some way to harmonize the two. The creeping fractures in both have been palliated by results in recent games, but the coming ones will determine whether those signs of life are indicative of temporary remission or permanent recovery. A fire-breathing New York City minister denounced the absence of God in the preamble as ‘an omission which no pretext whatever can palliate.’ There is, however, one palliating feature for the young ladies about these gatherings, and that is that they are given plenty of kedrouvie nuts, in order to keep their mouths busy. These women were able to palliate ethnic and class differences by integrating recent European immigrants and native-born women into a single community with a coherent spirituality. He was never one to palliate or eulogise, he was never a regulation aesthete. De Guingand's role as a foil to Montgomery was a vital one and his diplomacy and tact helped palliate Montgomery's abrasiveness. The need to deny, palliate, or make up for the thinness of New World culture and to mount counter-claims of glory for New World scenery long shaped how America was viewed and portrayed. Synonyms disguise, hide, gloss over, conceal, whitewash, cover, cover up, camouflage, cloak, mask, paper over, varnish over excuse, justify, extenuate, minimize, mitigate, make light of, tone down, play down, downplay 2.1 Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions) 减轻；缓和（恐惧，怀疑） this eliminated, or at least palliated, suspicions aroused by German unity 这消除或至少减轻了德国统一引起的猜疑。 Example sentencesExamples Frustration was palliated by a perception that the region was far more complex than the uninitiated suspected, and that to understand its dynamics one had to be an expert. It implies a change or a course of events that can be reversed, or whose consequences can at least be palliated or relativized. With laughs he palliates the sense of doom that is the heritage of the Irish Catholic. It is not material to consider whether any steps or any further steps could have been taken to avoid or palliate the risk that the blood would be infected. Selecting a period of bad weather to palliate allied air superiority, the Germans attacked on 16 December 1944. Then he reassured himself: women tended to be palliated by his abundant affection when his prowess faltered, rather frequently these days. The Democrats will by and large continue to cater to those interests and palliate the rest of us with rhetoric. People the world over, who are interested in non-violence, should unite to establish a non-violent defence to palliate the misery of people in different parts of the country, says Dr. Alberto. His touches are average dark ambient and he palliates what could otherwise be the sound of dread and belligerence. Far from being arbitrary, it seems to me that the Secretary of State has done all that he could be expected to do to palliate the deprivation of liberty of the many applicants for asylum here. With every growing line, I felt my confidence growing… It seemed that I could palliate my secret, almost erase the penury I had once lived in. There are those tales too of a somewhat grimmer nature concerning the use of humour to palliate the horrors of war. Derivatives palliation noun palɪˈeɪʃ(ə)nˌpæliˈeɪʃ(ə)n The goal of conventional treatment is palliation. Example sentencesExamples Antiperspirants can provide useful palliation in patients with moderate hyperhidrosis, but in severe cases they are ineffective. The aggressive end stage management of these patients sharply contrasted with the palliation of terminal cancer patients. This study suggests that active involvement by caregivers committed to palliation can help alleviate the suffering of children dying from cancer. His own poems are less frequently direct expressions of anger than palliations of it. palliator noun Assistance with the use of the Palliator was available if the patients were unable to use it by themselves. Example sentencesExamples The Palliator may be too complex a psychomotor task to be effectively mastered in the immediate postoperative period. Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin palliat- 'cloaked', from the verb palliare, from pallium 'cloak'. Rhymes retaliate Definition of palliate in US English: palliate verbˈpalēˌātˈpæliˌeɪt [with object] 1Make (a disease or its symptoms) less severe or unpleasant without removing the cause. 减轻；缓和（疾病，症候） treatment works by palliating symptoms 治疗在减轻症状方面有效。 Example sentencesExamples Jaundice is palliated by stenting the stricture at the lower end of the common bile duct; this has superseded operative palliation. Lung transplantation has become an acceptable therapy to palliate patients with a variety of end-stage lung diseases. In those pre- and early historical times people frequented such places often in the belief that imbibing the fresh water from a rocky pool, a woodland grove or a hollow in a grassland clearing cured or palliated certain illnesses. In a disease that we may be palliating, but not curing, this is a significant cost. Symptoms such as hemoptysis, dyspnea, and chest pain often can be effectively palliated by external beam radiation. It's an absolutely integral part, of treating patients whether that be with the intention of curing a patient, or with the intention of palliating or improving symptoms. But it wasn't until 1983 that the first successful operation to palliate the anomalies was reported by Norwood. Where recurrent disease is responsible for blockage of lymphatic collaterals, chemotherapy may be tried to palliate the symptomatology. Daudet consumed huge amounts of morphine, chloral and bromide in an attempt to palliate his excruciating pains. External compression of airways can be palliated with stent insertion. The drink stimulates the appetite and aids digestions, and the food palliates the ethylic effects of the drink. No such consideration palliated the treatment they received in the north. Acupuncture controls chemotherapy-related nausea and vomiting, and can palliate chronic pain. Surgery and chemotherapy may palliate pain caused by tumor growth and encroachment on normal structures. Tracheobronchial stents effectively restore airway patency in selected patients with large airway obstruction and palliate symptoms of fistulae in a relatively noninvasive fashion. There were 213 patients after exclusion of the 58 patients who were palliated, followed up for less than 24 months or lost to follow-up. Conversely, the bulk of standard treatments for varicose veins and hemorrhoids are geared toward removing the problem or palliating the disease. Synonyms alleviate, ease, relieve, soothe, take the edge off, assuage, allay, dull, soften, lessen, moderate, temper, mitigate, diminish, decrease, blunt, deaden, abate 1.1 Allay or moderate (fears or suspicions) 减轻；缓和（恐惧，怀疑） this eliminated, or at least palliated, suspicions aroused by German unity 这消除或至少减轻了德国统一引起的猜疑。 Example sentencesExamples It implies a change or a course of events that can be reversed, or whose consequences can at least be palliated or relativized. It is not material to consider whether any steps or any further steps could have been taken to avoid or palliate the risk that the blood would be infected. With every growing line, I felt my confidence growing… It seemed that I could palliate my secret, almost erase the penury I had once lived in. With laughs he palliates the sense of doom that is the heritage of the Irish Catholic. Frustration was palliated by a perception that the region was far more complex than the uninitiated suspected, and that to understand its dynamics one had to be an expert. There are those tales too of a somewhat grimmer nature concerning the use of humour to palliate the horrors of war. Then he reassured himself: women tended to be palliated by his abundant affection when his prowess faltered, rather frequently these days. His touches are average dark ambient and he palliates what could otherwise be the sound of dread and belligerence. People the world over, who are interested in non-violence, should unite to establish a non-violent defence to palliate the misery of people in different parts of the country, says Dr. Alberto. Selecting a period of bad weather to palliate allied air superiority, the Germans attacked on 16 December 1944. The Democrats will by and large continue to cater to those interests and palliate the rest of us with rhetoric. Far from being arbitrary, it seems to me that the Secretary of State has done all that he could be expected to do to palliate the deprivation of liberty of the many applicants for asylum here. 1.2 Disguise the seriousness or gravity of (an offense) 掩饰（某种冒犯） there is no way to excuse or palliate his dirty deed 对他这种肮脏的行为无法原谅也无法掩饰。 Example sentencesExamples He was never one to palliate or eulogise, he was never a regulation aesthete. These women were able to palliate ethnic and class differences by integrating recent European immigrants and native-born women into a single community with a coherent spirituality. De Guingand's role as a foil to Montgomery was a vital one and his diplomacy and tact helped palliate Montgomery's abrasiveness. In the end, however, he palliates the differences, leaving the possibility for some way to harmonize the two. A fire-breathing New York City minister denounced the absence of God in the preamble as ‘an omission which no pretext whatever can palliate.’ People's generosity and the ideology of reciprocity palliated the experiences of poverty, hard times, and corn shortages. The need to deny, palliate, or make up for the thinness of New World culture and to mount counter-claims of glory for New World scenery long shaped how America was viewed and portrayed. There is, however, one palliating feature for the young ladies about these gatherings, and that is that they are given plenty of kedrouvie nuts, in order to keep their mouths busy. The creeping fractures in both have been palliated by results in recent games, but the coming ones will determine whether those signs of life are indicative of temporary remission or permanent recovery. Synonyms disguise, hide, gloss over, conceal, whitewash, cover, cover up, camouflage, cloak, mask, paper over, varnish over Origin Late Middle English: from late Latin palliat- ‘cloaked’, from the verb palliare, from pallium ‘cloak’.
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