Tra từ alleviate - Từ điển LongMan Dictionary

al‧le‧vi‧ate/əˈliːvieɪt/ verb [TRANSITIVE]
[date : 1500-1600; Language : Late Latin; Origin : past participle of alleviare, from Latin ad- 'to' + levis 'light']
to make something less painful or difficult to deal with
alleviate the problem/situation/suffering etc
　 ▪ a new medicine to alleviate the symptoms of flu
　 ▪ measures to alleviate poverty

—alleviation /əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/ noun [UNCOUNTABLE]
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THESAURUS
to reduce prices, numbers, or amounts
▪reduce to make the price, amount, or size of something less or smaller :
　 ▪ The price was reduced by 50%.
　 ▪ We need to reduce the amount of salt in our diet.
▪cut to reduce something, especially by a large amount – used about prices, costs, jobs, or the time needed to do something :
　 ▪ Companies are always looking for ways to cut costs.
　 ▪ The journey time will be cut to under 2 hours.
　 ▪ Staff numbers have been cut by half to about 150.
▪lower to reduce the level, limit, or amount of something. Lower sounds rather formal :
　 ▪ The voting age was lowered to 18.
　 ▪ The government decided to lower interest rates by 0.5%.
　 ▪ After twenty minutes, lower the temperature to 150 degrees.
▪bring something down to reduce something such as prices or costs, or reduce the level of something. Bring something down is less formal than lower :
　 ▪ The government wants to bring down the level of inflation.
　 ▪ The company is trying to bring its costs down.
▪slash informal to reduce an amount or price by a very large amount – used especially in newspapers and advertisements :
　 ▪ Public spending has been slashed over the past two years.
　 ▪ Prices slashed for one week only!
▪cut something back to reduce the amount of something – used especially about people deciding to spend less, do less, or use less of something :
　 ▪ The education budget has been cut back again.
　 ▪ I need to cut back on my workload.
▪downsize to reduce the number of people employed in order to reduce costs – used about a company or organization :
　 ▪ The company is planning to downsize its European operations.
▪scale something down/back to reduce the size or the amount of money that is being spent on something :
　 ▪ The research programme has been scaled down.
　 ▪ The navy is being scaled down.
▪relieve/ease to make pain or feelings less unpleasant :
　 ▪ The drug is used to relieve pain.
　 ▪ A joke can help to ease the tension.
▪alleviate formal to reduce pain or suffering, or make a problem less serious :
　 ▪ You can buy various medicines to alleviate the symptoms of flu.
　 ▪ The new road was supposed to alleviate the congestion problem.

verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
alleviate hardshipformal (= make it less severe)
▪ The program aims to alleviate hardship among the poorest sections of society.
alleviate/relieve poverty formal (= make it less severe)
▪ What has the West done to alleviate poverty in the world?
relieve/alleviate symptomsformal (= make them less severe)
▪ Take aspirin to relieve the symptoms, and keep warm.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
NOUN
measure
▪ The new package did contain some measures to alleviate the economic cost of adjustment for the poor.
▪ However, the lenders duly offered stop-gap measures designed to alleviate the repossession problem for 1992.
▪ Councillors are set to consider a number of radical measures to alleviate problems with buses using the town centre.
poverty
▪ What has the West done to alleviate poverty in the world, apart from its leaders making pious speeches?
▪ Money is being transferred from social programmes designed to alleviate poverty to penal programmes designed to control the poor.
▪ Critics claimed that economic success had done little to alleviate fundamental problems of poverty and the grossly unequal distribution of income.
▪ May we play our small part in helping to alleviate the poverty and suffering of the world.
▪ Yet the latest wheeze among policymakers in developed countries is to alleviate poverty in developing countries with computers and mobile phones.
▪ Although opposition to state action to alleviate poverty remained strong to the end of the century, countervailing pressures were growing.
problem
▪ The proposal was designed to alleviate growing problems of congestion and pollution.
▪ By being aware of the impact of these stresses, parents can often prevent or alleviate potential problems and anxiety. 9.
▪ But some tablets were kindly provided and they did alleviate the problem.
▪ Kvitne believes a program to strengthen the trunk and improve flexibility will alleviate any problems.
▪ Promotion of the role of the Commissioner, emphasising both her capabilities and her limitations should help to alleviate this problem.
▪ Activated charcoal, spread on a pan like baking soda, also alleviates an odor problem.
▪ Originally, a football team was organised to help alleviate the drug problem by using sports as a cure.
▪ The intercorporate dividend exclusion was designed to alleviate just this problem.
situation
▪ The tank is slightly overcrowded but regular maintenance of the aquarium does alleviate this situation.
▪ Dare one hope that the Murrey Report will have alleviated the situation by the time these words are read?
▪ You and others can almost always do something to alleviate the situation.
suffering
▪ In the old, inherited sense fundamentalism is a good thing because it alleviates pain and suffering.
▪ May we play our small part in helping to alleviate the poverty and suffering of the world.
▪ She is the chairman of the Animal Defenders Youth Group, whose aim is to expose and alleviate animal suffering.
symptom
▪ Bee stings have been known to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.
▪ They can, however, be of real benefit in alleviating symptoms and side-effects.
▪ A cold wet cloth placed on her cheeks will help alleviate the symptoms.
▪ To alleviate the symptoms, about one in five diabetics in rich countries injects himself regularly with insulin.
▪ This may be enough to alleviate the symptoms.
way
▪ The best way to alleviate stress is to remove the stressor.
▪ Funding for public works, including community-based arts projects, went some way towards alleviating mass unemployment.
VERB
design
▪ The proposal was designed to alleviate growing problems of congestion and pollution.
▪ The intercorporate dividend exclusion was designed to alleviate just this problem.
▪ Money is being transferred from social programmes designed to alleviate poverty to penal programmes designed to control the poor.
▪ The moves are designed to alleviate Lonrho's estimated £1 billion debts.
help
▪ Promotion of the role of the Commissioner, emphasising both her capabilities and her limitations should help to alleviate this problem.
▪ Clinton also asked Glickman to report back within 30 days with recommendations to help alleviate debt problems afflicting cattle producers.
▪ Trade union involvement can of course help to alleviate some of the difficulties suggested above.
▪ A To help alleviate the personal security fears of lone lady drivers, and allow drivers to make business calls whilst enroute.
▪ Originally, a football team was organised to help alleviate the drug problem by using sports as a cure.
▪ Now new synthetic polymers and composites may help to alleviate these vexing problems.
▪ Tax increases were introduced on a wide range of goods and services to help alleviate the projected budget deficit.
▪ For example, one can fulfill the role of being a food server, and thereby help to alleviate hunger.
try
▪ So the piece was solicitous in trying to alleviate the shocks by explaining that the novelist himself was shocked.
▪ To try to alleviate that, the United Kibbutz Movement began negotiating with the major banks to reduce the debt.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ Heavy rains in March alleviated the drought conditions.
▪ Western aid has helped to alleviate the situation in northern India.
▪ You can't cure a common cold, but you can alleviate the symptoms.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ Bee stings have been known to alleviate the symptoms of arthritis.
▪ Clinton also asked Glickman to report back within 30 days with recommendations to help alleviate debt problems afflicting cattle producers.
▪ It works immediately to alleviate cracking and smooth away dryness and scaling.
▪ Kino was a great humanitarian who sought to alleviate hunger wherever he went.
▪ Many conditions associated with old age can be treated and alleviated, if not cured.
▪ Warming up will alleviate the tension and ground your thoughts.