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
- 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;
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1. A good dinner will appease your hunger.
丰盛的晚餐将为你充饥.
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2. Nothing could appease the crying child.
什么都无法使孩子不哭.
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3. There was a clever attempt to appease the people.
这是平息人们怒火的好方法.
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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.
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