| 单词 | palliate |
| 释义 | pal·li·ate I. 1. a. b. c. 2. II. transitive verb 1. obsolete 2. 3. < palliate faults > 4. < palliate the boredom of our isolation > intransitive verb obsolete Synonyms: < resort to coercive force and suppression of civil liberties are readily palliated in nominally democratic communities when the cry is raised that “law and order” are threatened — John Dewey > < writers of autobiographies, in so far as they are the chief factors in the action which they portray, palliate, embellish, or conceal — S.H.Adams > extenuate may imply intention of lessening seriousness or gravity by excuse, clement consideration of circumstances, or palliation < somewhat overpraised the virtues, and too much extenuated the faults — T.S.Eliot > < he did not extenuate, he rather emphasized, the criminality of Catiline and his confederates — J.A.Froude > gloze may suggest aim to divert attention from the badness, evil, harshness, or unpleasantness of something unpleasant by specious irrelevance or dissembling < the article of January 1878 endeavored to gloze over this point as unsuited to the exoteric public addressed — Justus Buchler > < our triangles do not have accurate straight lines for their sides nor exact points at their corners, but this is glozed over by saying that the sides are approximately straight and the corners approximately points — Bertrand Russell > gloss, often a close synonym for gloze, may suggest a distracting of attention from the bad or difficult by artful omission or by explanation that belittles them < when judges mask a change of substance, or gloss over its importance — B.N.Cardozo > < rough hard-driving men seeking to gloss over the harsh and ugly realities of their calling — Walter O'Meara > whitewash and whiten may be used of attempts to cover up, distract attention from, or exculpate by superficial investigation, perfunctory trial, or other rigged procedure < if the police are out to whitewash the Mitchell family, I'll call in a bunch of reporters and tell them so — Mary R. Rinehart > < use some family influence to whitewash past acts of collusion against the government — James Kelly > |
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