单词：assuage
v satisfy (thirst)
v provide physical relief, as from pain
考试类型：[托福/GRE]
assuage的用法和样例：
例句
- Nothing can assuage the widow's grief.什么也不能缓和这寡妇的哀伤。
- His reply did little to assuage my suspicions.他的答覆一点也没有减少我的怀疑。
经典引文
They need medicine..to assuage the disease.
出自：BaconHe had once gone three days without water..in order to experience the exquisite delight of such a thirst assuaged.
出自：J. LondonAssuaging her fears by day and her lusts by night.
出自：N. Algren
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