placate

英 [pləˈkeɪt]

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪt]

v.  安抚; 平息(怒气)

现在分词：placating　过去分词：placated　过去式：placated　第三人称单数：placates　

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牛津词典

verb

• 安抚；平息（怒气）
  to make sb feel less angry about sth
  1. a placating smile
     表示和解的微笑
  2. The concessions did little to placate the students.
     让步根本未能平息学生的愤怒。

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰
  If youplacatesomeone, you do or say something to make them stop feeling angry.
  1. He smiled, trying to placate me...
     他微笑着，想要安抚我。
  2. 'I didn't mean to upset you,' Agnew said in a placating voice.
     阿格纽用抚慰的语气说：“我不是有意让你不高兴。”

英英释义

verb

• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:pacifylenifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifygentlegruntle

双语例句

• He smiled, trying to placate me
  他微笑着，想要安抚我。
• So a sincere and friendly attempt to placate your nemesis may strike him or her as a pleasant surprise.
  所以如果以诚意和善意去安抚抱怨者，对他/她来说会是个意外之喜。
• If there are any signs of changes in the right direction occurring, I think that will be enough to placate the American people.
  如果出现任何迹象，显示我们在向好的方向作出改变，我想这就足以安抚美国民众。
• The letter made him furious, and it took some time to placate him.
  那封信使他很生气，花了好长时间才使他平静下来。
• Only when I quit business and academe to write, and did not have to placate clients or potential benefactors, could I openly say that the conventional wisdom was in error.
  只有当我退出商界和学术界从事写作、而不必安抚客户或潜在的捐助人时，我才可以公开表示，传统智慧误入了歧途。
• He hoped really to placate Butler in part by generous attitude throughout this procedure.
  他实在希望通过这件事以他大方的态度使巴特勒缓和一些。
• Costumes and masks were also worn at the festivals in an attempt to mimic the evil spirits or placate them.
  服装和面具也穿在节日，企图模仿邪灵或安抚他们。
• The tax will placate local government demands for a share in local resources.
  此税将安抚当地政府为达到当地资源分享的要求。
• In companies that obtained financial assistance from governments, there has been a move to increase salaries to offset the reduction in bonuses necessary to placate public opinion and the authorities.
  获得政府资金救助的公司采取了提高工资的举措，以抵消为了安抚舆论和政府机构所必需奖金削减。
• Placate the labour unions on Trade and get them to support Mr Obama on healthcare.
  在贸易问题上安抚工会，以便让他们支持奥巴马的医改方案。