salves

英 [sælvz]

美 [sævz]

n.  药膏; 软膏; 油膏
v.  使良心得到宽慰; 减轻内疚感
salve的第三人称单数和复数

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

双语例句

• It offers fragrant salves sporting names such as "Bay Rum", and swish shaving brushes with bristles of Chinese badger fur.
  它主要是提供运动香型的洗发水和时髦的中国獾皮毛制作的修面刷。
• He salves his conscience by giving money to charity.
  他将钱捐给慈善业来宽慰自己的良心。
• Do not use oils, salves, ointments, or HF skin burn treatments.
  禁止使用油、油膏、药膏或HF皮肤烧伤的处理办法。
• Do not apply salves, creams, oils or lotions as they can trap the irritant agent against the skin and result in blisters or burns.
  千万不要在皮肤上涂抹药膏、面霜、油、洗剂，因为这些可能会令喷雾中的刺激剂引起皮肤出现水泡或烧伤。
• But if we wanna find that tradition of suffering in Christianity and our own country, I think the strongest place to find it is among the salves and their culture.
  但是，当试图找到受苦的源头时，不论是基督教，还是在美国，我认为，最能代表它的，就是奴隶和奴隶文化。
• The amount of money you were paid hardly salves your conscience-it was nice but not that nice.
  你得到的金钱很难安抚你自己的良心&那些钱挺不错，但是还不算那么有份量。
• No bandages, no salves, no quinine, no chloroform.
  没有绷带，没有药膏，没有奎宁，没有麻醉剂。
• As a result, the victims of globalisation are harder to identify and the salves harder to apply.
  这样一来，全球化的牺牲品就难以被区分和拯救了。