palliative

• n. 辩解；缓和剂；暂时姑息的手段
• adj. 缓和的；掩饰的；可斟酌的

来自palliate,减轻，缓和，-ive,形容词后缀。引申词义权宜之计。

palliative (adj.)

early 15c., from Middle French palliatif (14c.) or directly from Medieval Latin palliativus "under cloak, covert," from Late Latin palliatus (see palliate). As a noun, recorded from 1724.

1. The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.

私宅中可用房间数的增加缓解了客房总体不足的问题。

来自柯林斯例句

2. The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles.

对于越来越多的财政问题，贷款只是权宜之计，不是解决方法。

来自辞典例句

3. More frequently some form of local palliative operation is done.

进行一定方式的局部姑息手术则更为多见.

来自辞典例句

4. Treatment of electrical burns is palliative.

电烧伤的治疗只起治标作用.

来自辞典例句

5. This is only a palliative.

这仅仅是一种掩饰.

来自辞典例句