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pacify v.使 ... 平静；抚慰；安慰 (1) 她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了，极力想使他镇静下来。(2) 他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。(3) 我买了个冰淇淋来抚慰哭泣的女儿。 If you work to establish peace in a certain location between factions at war, then you are working to pacify a country or region. The U.N. has specially trained workers, called peace keepers, who go into to trouble spots to try to pacify rebellions factions and restore order. Or, one can pacify a disgruntled crowd: "The store manager attempted to pacify the restless crowd of shoppers by promising the popular out-of-stock item would soon be back on the shelves."

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英 ['pæsɪfaɪ] 美 ['pæsɪfaɪ] (1) She knew that he had become delirious, and tried to pacify him.(2) He tried to pacify the protesters with promise of reform.(3) I bought an ice cream to pacify my crying daughter. If you are bringing peace or calm to a state of unrest, you are pacifying the situation. Just think of the transformation a squalling baby undergoes when a pacifier is placed within his mouth, and you will remember the power of the verb to pacify. 1[VERB 动词]安抚；抚慰；使平静 If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.   [V n]Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。2[VERB 动词]平定；平息；镇压 If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.   [V n]Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...政府军发现难以平定叛军。They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。pacification...the pacification of the country.对国家的平定

英语单词	pacify
英美音标	英 ['pæsɪfaɪ] 美 ['pæsɪfaɪ]
中文释义	v.使 ... 平静；抚慰；安慰
英语例句	(1) She knew that he had become delirious, and tried to pacify him. (2) He tried to pacify the protesters with promise of reform. (3) I bought an ice cream to pacify my crying daughter.
中文例句	(1) 她知道他已经神志昏迷起来了，极力想使他镇静下来。 (2) 他试图以改革的承诺安抚抗议者。 (3) 我买了个冰淇淋来抚慰哭泣的女儿。
vocabulary简明	If you are bringing peace or calm to a state of unrest, you are pacifying the situation. Just think of the transformation a squalling baby undergoes when a pacifier is placed within his mouth, and you will remember the power of the verb to pacify.
vocabulary扩展	If you work to establish peace in a certain location between factions at war, then you are working to pacify a country or region. The U.N. has specially trained workers, called peace keepers, who go into to trouble spots to try to pacify rebellions factions and restore order. Or, one can pacify a disgruntled crowd: "The store manager attempted to pacify the restless crowd of shoppers by promising the popular out-of-stock item would soon be back on the shelves."
柯林斯解释	1 [VERB 动词]安抚；抚慰；使平静 If you pacify someone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased. [V n] Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?... 这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？ She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified. 她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。 2 [VERB 动词]平定；平息；镇压 If the army or the police pacify a group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests. [V n] Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels... 政府军发现难以平定叛军。 They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police. 当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。 pacification ...the pacification of the country. 对国家的平定

Pacify Peace Calm Factions Verb 动词 [V N