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
- The antitrust laws have been stretched in order to appease the sentiment of populist Chinese websites.
为了安抚中国民粹主义网站的情绪,反垄断法遭到了曲解。 - Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler with Sudetenland at Munich.
张伯伦在慕尼黑企图牺牲苏台德地区来安抚希特勒。 - He must appease Malay nationalists to keep his post, since his power base within UMNO is weak.
他在巫统内部的权力基础相当薄弱,因此必须安抚马来民族主义分子,才能保住自己的职位。 - He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。 - 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。 - 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。 - He has to appease his young brother.
他不得不迁就他的弟弟。 - 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。 - 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。 - Recantation was not enough to appease the company and she was sacked a few days later.
公开认错不足以让公司平息,几天后她便被炒了鱿鱼。