緩和
defuse; relax; ease; mitigate; alleviate;slacken;détente
總統(tǒng)顯然想～國(guó)內(nèi)的批評(píng)。The President clearly intended to defuse domestic criticism./民族斗爭(zhēng)的～a slackening in ethnic struggle/～國(guó)際緊張局勢(shì)relax (or ease)international tension/～危急局勢(shì)defuse a dangerous situation /～氣氛ameliorate(or lighten) atmosphere/～矛盾relax (or mitigate) contradictions/～與裁軍détente and disarmament/～政策policy of détente;moderate policy