Such actions are palliatives.

这样的行动是治标不治本的。

Sprinkling water into our eyes, or taking a run round the verandahs, were palliatives which had no lasting effect.

往眼睛里洒点水，或到走廊上跑跑步，都只是权宜之计，没有多大的效果。

Generals, history shows, have plied their troops with medicinal palliatives at least since George Washington ordered rum rations at Valley Forge.

历史上，至少从乔治·华盛顿在开拓谷命令定量供应甜酒开始，将军们就会为他们的士兵们提供药物姑息疗法。

What we're able to outline is a planet-wide pattern of threat, despite the trillions of dollars worth of engineering palliatives that have totally reconfigured the threat landscape.

尽管价值数万亿美元的缓和工程完全重新配置了威胁环境，我们也能概述世界规模的威胁模式。