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Appease 12798.Appease 英 ə'Piːz]美 ə'Piz 释义 Vt 使平息;使满足;使和缓;对…让步

正面 12798.appease
英 [ə'piːz]美 [ə'piz]

背面
释义:
vt. 使平息;使满足;使和缓;对…让步
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。

1. peace => appease.
appease 安抚前缀ap-同ad-. -pease, 同peace, 和平。即安抚,使和平。
appeaseappease: see peaceappease (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."

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