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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary ap·pease \\ə-ˈpēz\\ transitive verb ( ap·peased ; ap·peas·ing) ETYMOLOGY Middle English appesen, from Anglo-French apeser, apaiser, from a- (from Latin ad-) + pais peace — more at peace
DATE 14th century
1. to bring to a state of peace or quiet : calm 2. to cause to subside : allay appeased my hunger3. pacify , conciliate ; especially : to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usually at the sacrifice of principlesSynonyms: see pacify • ap·peas·able \\-ˈpē-zə-bəl\\ adjective• ap·pease·ment \\-ˈpēz-mənt\\ noun• ap·peas·er noun
appease early 14 c., from O.Fr
http://O.Fr . apaiser, apeser "to pacify, make peace, appease, be reconciled, placate" (12 c.), from the phrase a paisier "bring to peace," from a- "to" + pais, from L. pacem ( nom. pax) "peace."
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 appease
ap·pease / E5pi:z / verb[VN] (formal, usually disapproving)
1. 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. 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 noun [U] :
a policy of appeasement
绥靖政策
Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged ap·pease\əpēz\ transitive verb( -ed/-ing/-s) Etymology: Middle English appesen, apesen, from Old French apaisier, from a- (from Latin ad-) + -paisier (from pais peace) — more at peace 1. : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : calm , settle < instead of appeasing the quarrel the government's action intensified it — J.H.Plumb >2. : to cause to subside : allay , assuage < the man had appeased his great hunger — Elizabeth M. Roberts > < the same kind of supposition which had appeased Mrs. Bennet's curiosity — Jane Austen >3. a. : to bring to a state of ease or content : conciliate , satisfy < when he has once tasted the blood of popular applause, he is a tiger, nevermore to be appeased — C.H.Grandgent > b. : to conciliate or buy off (a potential aggressor) by political or economic concessions usually at the sacrifice of principles < the attempt to appease the Nazis at Munich >Synonyms: see pacify
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