| 单词 | appease |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [ə'pi:z] |
| 解释 | v.使平静，安抚 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 v. 使平静，安抚(to pacify or quiet) 【考】 implacable : appease / indomitable : subdue(难平息的无法平息/ 难征服的无法征服)反义词：roil(煽动); vex(烦恼); rile(激怒) 【记】 ap+pease(和平)→变 和平→平息 【同】 派生词: appeasement (n. 平息，满足) 【例】 John appease his angry boss by offering to work overtime. |
| 字源 | appease (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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | v. 使平静, 安抚 = assuage = conciliate = mollify = placate = propitiate 【例】I appeased him by saying sorry 我道了歉才使他平息下来. 【记】ap朝向, pease和平－朝向和平发展－使平息 【类】implacable: appease = indomitable: subdue难平息的无法平息 = 难征服的无法征服 【反】roil(vt 激怒); vex(vt 使烦恼); rile(vt 使恼怒) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】源自ap + pease peace (和平)→变和平 |
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