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。

(Steve Martin once joked that Hanks " took a shortcut to becoming a movie star – he only made hits" .) One itch palliated, others emerged.

(史蒂夫·马丁曾开玩笑说，汉克斯“走了一条成为电影明星的捷径——他只拍热门电影。”)一个渴望缓解了，又出现了其他的渴望。

Cora remained silent, for she knew not how to palliate this imprudent severity on the part of her father in a manner to suit the comprehension of an Indian.

科拉保持沉默，因为她不知道如何以一种适合印第安人理解的方式来缓和她父亲这种鲁莽的严厉。

The young clergyman, after a few hours of privacy, was sensible that the disorder of his nerves had hurried him into an unseemly outbreak of temper, which there had been nothing in the physician's words to excuse or palliate.

年轻的牧师， 经过几个小时的私密生活，意识到他的神经紊乱促使他大发脾气，医生的话无法原谅或缓解。