• 基础释义
  • 例句
  • 柯林斯词典释义
例句
柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义
  • N-COUNT
    缓和剂;治标剂;姑息疗法
    A palliative is a drug or medical treatment that relieves suffering without treating the cause of the suffering.
  • N-COUNT
    缓解性措施;权宜之计
    A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a problem less severe but does not actually solve the problem.
    例句
    The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles... 对于越来越多的财政问题,贷款只是权宜之计,不是解决方法。 The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage. 私宅中可用房间数的增加缓解了客房总体不足的问题。