(痛苦、压力、问题等的)减轻;缓解;缓和。 常见搭配:pain alleviation(疼痛缓解)、alleviation of poverty(减贫/扶贫)。
/əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/
The medicine provided quick alleviation of his headache.
这种药很快缓解了他的头痛。
Policy changes brought some alleviation of the financial pressure on low-income families, but deeper reforms were still needed.
政策调整在一定程度上减轻了低收入家庭的经济压力,但仍需要更深层的改革。
alleviation 来自动词 alleviate,源于拉丁语 alleviare,由 *ad-*(使……)+ levis(轻的)构成,原意是“使变轻”,引申为“缓解(痛苦或负担)”。