The loan was a palliative, not a cure, for ever-increasing financial troubles.

贷款对于日益增长的财政困难是一种权宜而非根治。

But this is a temporary palliative.

但是这是一个暂时的缓和措。

This is only a palliative.

这仅仅是一种掩饰。

For many years I worked in palliative care.

多年来我一直在缓和医疗中心工作。

So the conventional methods only palliative.

所以常规的方法只治标不治本。