palliative

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hospitalpalliativepal‧li‧a‧tive /ˈpæliətɪv $ -ətɪv, -eɪtɪv/ noun [countable] 1 BETTER formal something done to make a bad situation seem better, but which does not solve the problem short-term economic palliatives2 MH medical a medical treatment that will not cure an illness but will reduce the pain —palliative adjective [usually before noun] palliative careExamples from the Corpuspalliative• Promises of reform are mere palliatives.• It was the primary purpose of reorganisation to recast local government in a way which would make such palliatives unnecessary.• There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives, as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution.• I am not referring to adhoc arrangements or short-term palliatives.• Official moves to alleviate the worst conditions were little more than palliatives.• These very palliatives, however, had also removed the stimulants to technical progress.

单词	palliative
释义	palliative From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishRelated topics: Hospitalpalliativepal‧li‧a‧tive /ˈpæliətɪv $ -ətɪv, -eɪtɪv/ noun [countable] 1 BETTER formal something done to make a bad situation seem better, but which does not solve the problem short-term economic palliatives2 MH medical a medical treatment that will not cure an illness but will reduce the pain —palliative adjective [usually before noun] palliative careExamples from the Corpuspalliative• Promises of reform are mere palliatives.• It was the primary purpose of reorganisation to recast local government in a way which would make such palliatives unnecessary.• There is a need for a number of immediate short-term palliatives, as well as for a radical and bold long-term solution.• I am not referring to adhoc arrangements or short-term palliatives.• Official moves to alleviate the worst conditions were little more than palliatives.• These very palliatives, however, had also removed the stimulants to technical progress.
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