appease
英 [ə'piːz]
美[ə'piz]
- vt. 使平息；使满足；使和缓；对…让步
词态变化
第三人称单数: appeases;过去式: appeased;过去分词: appeased;现在分词: appeasing;名词: appeasement;
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