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小词详解 | slake
slake 英 [sleɪk] 美 [sleɪk]
Removing salt from seawater might help slake some of northern China’s thirst, but it comes at a high price.
去除海水中的盐分可能有助于缓解中国北方的一些缺水问题,但代价高昂。
——《经济学人》Concerts in the building’s auditorium and studios help slake your thirst for live music.
这栋楼里的礼堂和演播室里举行的音乐会能帮你缓解对于现场音乐的渴望。
——《纽约时报》
[动词] 解(渴)或满足(某人的口渴)
甜言蜜语三冬暖。
Fair words slake wrath.这个曾经羞怯的女孩对权力的欲望永远也不会得到满足。
The once timid girl will ever manage to slake her lust for power.
Lovely girls; bright women, brown-haired, black-haired, and grey; youths; stalwart men and old; gentle born and peasant born; all red wine for La Guillotine, all daily brought into light from the dark cellars of the loathsome prisons, and carried to her through the streets to slake her devouring thirst.
可爱的姑娘,漂亮的妇女;棕色头发的,黑色头发的,花白头发的;年轻的人,壮实的人,衰老的人;贵族出身的,农民出身的,都是断头台小姐的一杯杯红色的美酒,都是每天从监狱可憎的黑暗地窖里取出、来到阳光下、通过街道给小姐送去消解她的馋渴的美酒。
assuage: satisfy (an appetite or desire) quench: satisfy (one's thirst) by drinking sate: satisfy (a desire or an appetite) to the full