alleviate 復習
Kim Jong Un to arrive in Singapore on Sun. ahead of summit: source
SINGAPORE (Kyodo) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will arrive in Singapore on Sunday for his historic meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the city-state, a Singapore diplomatic source said Saturday.
Trump and Kim are scheduled to hold talks in Singapore on Tuesday in the first-ever summit between sitting leaders of the United States and North Korea, with the focus on whether Washington and Pyongyang will alleviate security tensions and eliminate the threat of war.
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https://mainichi.jp/english/articles/20180609/p2g/00m/0fp/082000c
alleviate/əlíːvièɪt/を取りあげます。LDOCEで引いてみたところ、“to make something less painful or difficult to deal with”とありました。『ジーニアス英和大辞典』には、「〈苦痛など〉を（一時的に）軽減する、緩和する（lessen）、楽にする（improve）」と載っていました。続いてOEDで語源を調べてみると、“late Middle English: from late Latin alleviate- ‘lightened’, from the verb alleviare, from Latin allevare, from ad- ‘to’ + levare ‘raise’, influenced by levis ‘light’.”と定義されていました。(Otoyo)
alleviate 復習 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から
