英语词汇“palliation”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

palliatepalliate /ˈpæliˌeɪt/ verb [transitive] formal

ETYMOLOGYpalliate

Origin: 1400-1500 Late Latin, past participle of palliare to cover, hide, from Latin pallium; ➔ PALL²

VERB TABLE

palliate

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	palliate
	he, she, it	palliates
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	palliated
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have palliated
	he, she, it	has palliated
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had palliated
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will palliate
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have palliated

Continuous Form
Present	I	am palliating
	he, she, it	is palliating
	you, we, they	are palliating
Past	I, he, she, it	was palliating
	you, we, they	were palliating
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been palliating
	he, she, it	has been palliating
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been palliating
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be palliating
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been palliating

1medicine to reduce the bad effects of illness, pain, etc. without curing them2to make a bad situation seem better than it really is, for example by explaining it in a positive way—palliation /ˌpæliˈeɪʃən/ noun [uncountable]