1.The United Nations has launched an appeal to raise a whopping $4.2 billion in aid to help alleviate the humanitarian crisis in Yemen.
alleviate 緩和;減輕
Our proposed approach would help to alleviate this problem.
我們建議的方法將有助于緩解這一問題 。
2.It comes after the country has been ravaged by years of war and is on the brink of famine.
on the brink of 在...邊緣
Their economy is teetering on the brink of collapse
他們的經濟徘徊在崩潰的邊緣 。