appeasement
appeasement 英 [ə'pi:zmənt] 美 [əˈpizmənt]
n. 缓和，平息；姑息
名词复数:appeasements
- Appeasement is the act of calming something down. A candy bar might give your hunger temporary appeasement, but eventually you'll need a real meal.
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- n. 缓和，平息；姑息
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1. a policy of appeasement
绥靖政策
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2. Appeasement policy
绥靖政策 ; 绥靖主义
- appeasement (n.) mid-15c., "pacification," from Middle French apeisement, Old French apaisement "appeasement, calming," noun of action from apaisier "pacify, make peace, placate" (see appease). First recorded 1919 in international political sense; not pejorative until the failure of British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's policy toward Germany in 1939 (methods of appeasement was Chamberlain's description of his policy).
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