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salve

[英] [sæv, sɑ:v] [美] [sæv, sɑv] 生词本

n.

vt.

  • 易混淆的单词:Salve  
  • 柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典

  • 英英释义

  • 行业释义

  • 词典例句

1. VERB 安慰(良心);减轻(内疚感) If you do something to salve your conscience, you do it in order to feel less guilty. 
  • I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.

    我常犒劳自己一番,然后找个说辞让自已良心稍安。

2. N-MASS (治愈伤痛的)软膏,油膏,药膏 Salve is an oily substance that is put on sore skin or a wound to help it heal. 
  • ...a soothing salve for sore, dry lips.

    缓解嘴唇干裂疼痛的软膏

Noun

1. semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation

2. anything that remedies or heals or soothes;

  • "he needed a salve for his conscience"
Verb

1. save from ruin, destruction, or harm

2. apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing

医学

  • 1.软膏,油膏:见ointment
1. After the feast she spent a week dieting to salve her conscience.
大吃了一顿之后,她花了一周时间节食以安慰自己。

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