女神殿

assuage



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[uh-sweyj]

vt. (及物動詞 transitive verb)

          1.    緩和,減輕(病痛等)
          2.    滿足(食慾,慾望等)
          3.    使安靜


Dictionary.com

–verb (used with object) 
1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's [grief]; to assuage one's [pain]. 
2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's [hunger]. 
3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his [fears]; to assuage her [anger].  

—Synonyms 
1. alleviate, lessen.

—Antonyms 
intensify.


　Similarly, when Ángela's recently widowed father, Tomás (Txema Blasco), begins to envision his late wife as a means to help assuage his [grief], Ángel acknowledges her presence. Is Ángel humoring the grief-sticken Tomás, or can the angel within him actually see her?


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