palliate [ˈpæliˌet]

例句:

• I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.
  我不想掩饰, 我可以向你保证.
  
• Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.
  作家的组织固然可以排遣他们的孤独, 但是我怀疑它们未必能够促进作家的创作.
  
• I shall never attempt to palliate my own foibles by exposing the error of another.
  我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图掩饰自己的缺点.