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Pacify Verb 英[ˈpæsɪfaɪ 美[ˈpæsəˌfaɪ Vt.使(某人)安静;息怒;抚慰;在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平 安抚;抚慰;使平静 Angry Upset

单词 pacify
音标
英[ˈpæsɪfaɪ] 美[ˈpæsəˌfaɪ]
解释
vt.使(某人)安静;息怒;抚慰;在(有战争的地区、国家等)实现和平;
例句

VERB
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.
例: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?
例:She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.她又尖叫了,无法使她平静下来。

VERB
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.
例:Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...政府军发现难以平定叛军。
例:They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
变形
noun:pacification~third:pacifies~done:pacified~ing:pacifying~past:pacified~

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