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緩解性措施；權宜之計
A palliative is an action that is intended to make the effects of a problem less severe but does not actually solve the problem.
例句
The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles...
對于越來越多的財政問題，貸款只是權宜之計，不是解決方法。
The increase in the number of rooms available in private homes acted as a palliative to the general accommodation shortage.
私宅中可用房間數的增加緩解了客房總體不足的問題。