词典释义：
释义
adj.
not likely to cause offence or disagreement and somewhat dull
不得罪人的；有点乏味的
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anodyne music .平淡乏味的音乐。
n.
a painkilling drug or medicine
止痛剂。
〈喻〉 减轻精神痛苦之物
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an anodyne to the misery she had put him through .对于她让他经历的痛苦，这是一种慰藉。
词源
"mid 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek