ease/allay/alleviate/lessen.导航词义：减轻

1. ease:v. （使）减轻，（使）缓解.指减轻事情的恶劣程度、身心痛苦等。

plans to ease congestion in the city

改善城市拥塞状况的计划

This kind of medicine can ease your pain.

这种药可以减轻你的疼痛。

2. allay:v. 减轻.通常指减轻恐惧、担心、怀疑等。

His arrival allayed her fear.

他的到来减轻了她的恐惧。

We hope this statement will allay the public's concern.

我们希望这一声明会减轻公众的担忧。

3. alleviate:v. 减轻，缓和.指减轻疼痛、痛苦、难度等。

It is said that this medicine can alleviate pain.

据说这种药物能够缓解疼痛。

I could only alleviate the sorrow by drinking.

我只能借酒浇愁。

4. lessen:v. （使）减轻，（使）减少.指减轻痛苦，或降低风险、重要性等。

This medicine can lessen pain in no time.

这种药可以立刻减轻痛苦。

She tried to lessen his importance at work.

她试图淡化他在工作中的重要性。

Their bravery has not lessened.

他们的勇气并未消减。

全部

1·A number of measures were taken to alleviate the problem.

采取了一系列措施缓解这个问题。《牛津词典》

2·Feeling close to objects can alleviate loneliness.

感觉接近物体可以减轻孤独感。

3·We need to be aware of the risks and keep working to alleviate the dangers.

我们需要意识到这些风险，并继续努力减轻这些危险。

4·How do we weigh the risks, how do we think about the benefits, and how do we alleviate the risks?

我们如何衡量风险，如何考虑收益以及如何减轻风险？

5·The techniques of reframing and distraction can alleviate depression and anxiety as well as anger.

重构和分散注意力的技巧可以缓解抑郁、焦虑和愤怒。

6·The best seek to alleviate the external pressures on their pupils while equipping them better to understand and handle the world outside—at once sheltering them and broadening their horizons.

最好的办法是减轻学生的外部压力，同时让他们更好地理解和应对外面的世界，这样既保护他们，又拓宽他们的视野。

7·The best seek to alleviate the external pressures on their pupils while equipping them better to understand and handle the world outside at once sheltering them and broadening their horizons.

最好的做法是设法减轻学生的外部压力，同时使他们能够更好地理解和处理外面的世界，同时庇护他们并开阔他们的视野。

8·Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain.

如今，很多方法可以被用来减轻背部疼痛。《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

9·The organization works to alleviate world hunger and disease.

这个机构致力于减少世界上的饥饿和疾病。《牛津词典》

10·Several additional compounds were shown to alleviate proteotoxicity in worm models.

在蠕虫模型中发现了几种其他化合物可以减轻蛋白质毒性。

减轻

1·Feeling close to objects can alleviate loneliness.

感觉接近物体可以减轻孤独感。

2·We need to be aware of the risks and keep working to alleviate the dangers.

我们需要意识到这些风险，并继续努力减轻这些危险。

3·How do we weigh the risks, how do we think about the benefits, and how do we alleviate the risks?

我们如何衡量风险，如何考虑收益以及如何减轻风险？

4·The best seek to alleviate the external pressures on their pupils while equipping them better to understand and handle the world outside—at once sheltering them and broadening their horizons.

最好的办法是减轻学生的外部压力，同时让他们更好地理解和应对外面的世界，这样既保护他们，又拓宽他们的视野。

5·The best seek to alleviate the external pressures on their pupils while equipping them better to understand and handle the world outside at once sheltering them and broadening their horizons.

最好的做法是设法减轻学生的外部压力，同时使他们能够更好地理解和处理外面的世界，同时庇护他们并开阔他们的视野。

缓和

1·To alleviate his performance pressure, take control.

为了缓和他的表现压力，采取主动。

2·But earlier this year the EU said it would hold up the agreement until Israel did more to alleviate the plight of Gaza.

但今年早些时候，欧盟表示他们将中止该协议，直到以色列进一步缓和加沙困境。

3·Jack arrives at CTU headquarters and calls his wife to alleviate her fears.

杰克到达了反恐组的总部，打电话给他的妻子，缓和她担忧的情绪。

4·And answer us this: What is a smoking room [slide 9] doing in a cave-complex designed to alleviate breathing problems?

请回答我们：在为缓和呼吸问题而设计的综合洞穴里，吸烟室(图9)有什么用？

5·Last year, she was faced with urgent taxes, AD hoc levies to alleviate the country's financial crisis, which made a difficult year even trickier.

去年，她面临了“紧急”赋税，缓和国家金融危机的特别征税，这使得本来就艰难的一年更加棘手。