appease

英 [ə'piːz]美 [ə'piz]
  • vt. 使平息；使满足；使和缓；对…让步
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助记提示

1. peace => appease.

中文词源

appease 安抚

前缀ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安抚，使和平。

英文词源

appease
appease: see peace
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). Related: Appeased; appeasing.

双语例句

1. 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。
来自《权威词典》
2. He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
他试图给那个啼哭的孩子糖果使他不哭.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. 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。
来自柯林斯例句
4. 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。
来自辞典例句
5. The government tried to appease discontented workers.
政府试图安抚不满的工人们。
来自辞典例句