appease
英 [əˈpiːz]
美 [əˈpiːz]
v. 安抚; 抚慰; 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争)
过去分词：appeased 现在分词：appeasing 过去式：appeased 第三人称单数：appeases
Collins.1 / BNC.13880 / COCA.12426
牛津词典
verb
- 安抚；抚慰
to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want- 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。
- The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
- 绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）
to give a country what it wants in order to avoid war
柯林斯词典
- VERB 平息;安抚;抚慰
If you try toappeasesomeone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.- Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate...
一些人指责甘地试图安抚两派选民。 - The offer has not appeased separatists.
该提议未能平抚分裂分子。
- Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate...
英英释义
verb
- make peace with
- overcome or allay
- quell my hunger
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- His appointment would appear a political move designed to appease Washington.
他的任命看上去是一个旨在安抚美国政府的政治举动。 - They tame the lions in the army, not appease them.
在军队中，他们对凶暴如狮的人是驯服他们而不是姑息他们。 - He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
他试图以糖果安抚哭泣的小孩。 - The government tried to appease discontented workers.
政府试图安抚不满的工人们。 - If Mabel should get another miff, they'd never be able to appease her.
如果梅宝儿再发怒的话，他们就没办法使她息怒了。 - I think it would appease my parents if I do so this summer.
我想如果我今年夏天就开始考虑，父母一定会倍感宽慰。 - Livni took a much tougher line on Iran, saying Israel and the international community need to confront Tehran and not appease it.
利夫尼对伊朗则采取了比较强硬的态度。她说，以色列和国际社会需要对抗德黑兰，而不是安抚德黑兰。 - Addressing the need to appease markets quickly, Monti said he would name his new cabinet'with urgency.
蒙蒂在谈到有必要迅速安抚市场时说，他将很快组建新的内阁。 - His attempts to appease her only added fuel to the fire.
他试着安抚她，结果却造成火上加油的局面。 - She knows herself and she doesn't compromise that to appease other people.
她懂自己，她不妥协以取悦他人。