来自拉丁语pallium,斗篷，覆盖，可能来自pellis,皮，膜，词源同film,pelt,surplice.即戴上斗篷，引申词义减轻痛苦，缓和，通常治标不治本。

1. I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.

我不想掩饰, 我可以向你保证.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. I should never attempt to palliate my own foible by expose the error of another.

我从不想暴露别人的错误,以图减轻自己的缺点.

5. Objective: to palliate sufferings of patients, to enhance the success rate of esophagus electrode insertion.

目的: 减少病人痛苦, 提高插食管电极的成功率.