salve

英 [sælv]

美 [sæv]

n.  药膏; 软膏; 油膏
v.  使良心得到宽慰; 减轻内疚感

过去式：salved　第三人称单数：salves　过去分词：salved　现在分词：salving　复数：salves　

GRE

BNC.33509 / COCA.21480

牛津词典

noun

• 药膏；软膏；油膏
  a substance that you put on a wound or sore skin to help it heal or to protect it

verb

• 使良心得到宽慰；减轻内疚感
  to do sth that makes you feel less guilty

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安慰(良心);减轻(内疚感)
  If you do something tosalveyour conscience, you do it in order to feel less guilty.
  1. I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.
     我常犒劳自己一番,然后找个说辞让自已良心稍安。
• N-MASS (治愈伤痛的)软膏，油膏，药膏
  Salveis an oily substance that is put on sore skin or a wound to help it heal.
  1. ...a soothing salve for sore, dry lips.
     缓解嘴唇干裂疼痛的软膏

英英释义

noun

• anything that remedies or heals or soothes
  1. he needed a salve for his conscience
• semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine) applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an irritation
  Synonym:ointmentunctionunguentbalm

verb

• apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
• save from ruin, destruction, or harm
  Synonym:salvagerelievesave

双语例句

• I've got a salve that ought to shrink that right up.
  我有一种药膏可以让它缩小。
• She created this fantasy as a salve to her hurt feelings.
  她把做白日梦作为医治感情创伤的慰藉。
• I give myself treats and justify them to salve my conscience.
  我常犒劳自己一番，然后找个说辞让自已良心稍安。
• He went through pots of salve and had become a connoisseur of priests, healers, and potions.
  他长期泡在药罐子里，于是也成为了一名内行的牧师、医师和药剂师。
• Nothing could salve his wounded pride.
  什么都无法安慰他受伤害的自尊心。
• He gives them a little money to salve his conscience.
  他给了他们一些钱以宽慰自己的良心。
• "I have salve," the gray-beard said as one of the two juniors swam over with a wax-sealed shell.
  “我这有药膏。”灰胡子说着，两个下级人鱼之一就带着一个蜡封的盒子游了过来。
• She pay the repair bill as a salve to her conscience.
  她付了维修费以减轻内疚感。
• He could feel the nurse's hands smearing salve on his back again.
  他感觉得到护士的手又在往他背上擦药膏。
• Do not blame him cold and withdrawn, it is his own barren soul salve the only way.
  不要责怪他冷漠和孤僻，这是他慰藉自己空虚灵魂的唯一方式。