appease 英 [əˈpi:z]   美 [əˈpiz]

appease

appease  英 [əˈpi:z] 美 [əˈpiz]

vt. 使平息;安抚; 

进行时:appeasing  过去式:appeased  过去分词:appeased  第三人称单数:appeases 

A good dinner will appease your hunger.  丰盛的晚餐将为你充饥.
Nothing could appease the crying child.  什么都无法使孩子不哭.

  • Appease means to make or preserve peace with a nation, group, or person by giving in to their demands, or to relieve a problem, as in "the cold drink appeased his thirst."
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  • vt. 使平息;安抚;
  • 1. A good dinner will appease your hunger.

    丰盛的晚餐将为你充饥.

  • 2. Nothing could appease the crying child.

    什么都无法使孩子不哭.

  • 3. There was a clever attempt to appease the people.

    这是平息人们怒火的好方法.

  • 4. a policy of appeasement

    绥靖政策

  • appease (v.) c. 1300 "to reconcile," from Anglo-French apeser, Old French apaisier "to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate" (12c.), from the phrase a paisier "bring to peace," from a "to" (see ad-) + pais, from Latin pacem (nominative pax) "peace" (see peace). Meaning "pacify (one who is angry)" is from late 14c.; for political sense, see appeasement. Related: Appeased; appeasing.
ap·pease / əˈpiːz ; NAmE əˈpiːz / verb ( formal, usually disapproving) 1 appeasesb to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want 安抚;抚慰 The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime. 普遍认为,这一举措是试图安抚批评政权的人。 2 appeasesb/sth to give a country what it wants in order to avoid war 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争) ap·pease·ment / əˈpiːzmənt ; NAmE əˈpiːzmənt / noun [uncountable ] a policy of appeasement 绥靖政策 appease appeases appeased appeasing ap·pease / əˈpiːz ; NAmE əˈpiːz / ap·pease·ment / əˈpiːzmənt ; NAmE əˈpiːzmənt /
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