1N-COUNT 缓和剂;治标剂;姑息疗法 A palliative is a drug or medical treatment that relieves suffering without treating the cause of the suffering. 缓和剂;治标剂;姑息疗法
2N-COUNT 缓解性措施;权宜之计 A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a problem less severe but does not actually solve the problem. 缓解性措施;权宜之计 [formal]
The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles.
对于越来越多的财政问题,贷款只是权宜之计,不是解决方法。
The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.
私宅中可用房间数的增加缓解了客房总体不足的问题。
SYN temporary measure, stopgap, temporary expedient