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Appease əˈpiːz əˈpiːzmənt Angry Giving Verb Appeasement Stop

To appease someone is to calm them down or make them less angry by giving them what they want, often to avoid conflict or war.

平息;安抚;抚慰

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[VERB 动词]平息;安抚;抚慰 If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  [V n]
  [disapproval]
  • 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。

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  • Not many such appeasers were left in 1941.

    1941年这类绥靖分子所剩无几。


Oxford ap·pease / əˈpiːz ; NAmE əˈpiːz / verb ( formal, usually disapproving) 1 appeasesb to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want 安抚;抚慰 ◆ 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。 2 appeasesb/sth to give a country what it wants in order to avoid war 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争) ▶ ap·pease·ment / əˈpiːzmənt ; NAmE əˈpiːzmənt / noun [uncountable ] ◆ a policy of appeasement 绥靖政策 appease appeases appeased appeasing ap·pease / əˈpiːz ; NAmE əˈpiːz / ap·pease·ment / əˈpiːzmənt ; NAmE əˈpiːzmənt /
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appeaseap‧pease /əˈpiːz/ verb [transitive] formal
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to make someone less angry or stop them from attacking you by giving them what they want:  They attempted to appease international opposition by promising to hold talks.—appeasement noun [countable, uncountable]:  Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement towards Hitler in the 30s
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[əˈpi:z]appeased, appeasing, appeases

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appeased[249]
安抚(65%),平息(27%),姑息(5%),缓和(3%)
vt.使平息;使满足;使和缓;对…让步

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