pacify
pacify 英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪ] 美 [ˈpæsəˌfaɪ]
vt. 使平静；安慰；平定
进行时:pacifying 过去式:pacified 过去分词:pacified 第三人称单数:pacifies 名词复数:pacifies
- If you are bringing peace or calm to a state of unrest, you are pacifying the situation. Just think of the transformation a squalling baby undergoes when a pacifier is placed within his mouth, and you will remember the power of the verb to pacify.
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- vt. 使平静；安慰；平定
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1. Try to pacify the child, he's been crying for hours.
快哄哄孩子，他哭了好几个钟头了。
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2. So instead trying to attack it, learn to pacify this powerful emotion.
所以不要去和它做对，去学习平静这种强大的情绪。
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3. There can be tremendous pressure to pacify these people, to reassuringly tell them that you know precisely what they want, how you're going to give it to them, and when.
你需要安抚这些人，向他们反复保证你非常清楚地知道他们的需求，告诉他们你将如何去实现，以及什么时候可以交付，这些都会成为你巨大的压力。
- pacify (v.) late 15c., "appease, allay the anger of (someone)," from Middle French pacifier "make peace," from Latin pacificare "to make peace; pacify," from pacificus "peaceful, peace-making," from pax (genitive pacis) "peace" (see peace). Of countries or regions, "to bring to a condition of calm," c. 1500, from the start with suggestions of submission and terrorization. Related: Pacified; pacifying.
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