🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

缓解

Pronunciation / Transliteration: huǎnjiě

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Alleviation/əˌliːviˈeɪʃən/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"这项措施有助于缓解交通拥堵。"

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1 sense
As noun
  1. 1

    The action or process of making suffering, deficiency, or a problem less severe.

    "The medicine brought about a quick alleviation of his pain."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Late Middle English: from late Latin alleviatio(n-), from the verb alleviare 'to lighten', from Latin levis 'light'.

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