allay
allay 英 [əˈleɪ] 美 [əˈle]
vt. 减轻；使缓和；使平静
进行时:allaying 过去式:allayed 过去分词:allayed 第三人称单数:allays
- The verb allay is used when you want to make something better or eliminate fears and concerns.
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- vt. 减轻；使缓和；使平静
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1. The "DNA Dozen" want to allay fears amongst the public that information about their genes should not be widely shared on the grounds that it is private and sensitive.
“DNA十二人组”想减轻公众关于他们基因信息不应该被广泛共享的恐惧，因为这个信息是私人的也是敏感的。
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2. If they really do that, will this allay China's concerns?
如果他们确实这样做了，这是否能减轻中国的关切呢？
- allay (v.) Middle English alegen, from Old English alecgan "to put, place, put down; remit, give up, suppress, abolish; diminish, lessen," from a- "down, aside" (see a- (1)) + lecgan "to lay" (see lay (v.)). A common Germanic compound (cognates: Gothic uslagjan "lay down," Old High German irleccan, German erlegen "to bring down").
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