vt.缓和，减轻，镇定

英文释义

v. t. To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

v. i. To abate or subside.

词干

assuage 缓和
→ 前缀as- 同ad-. 词根suav， 甜，同sweet， persuade.