placated

英 [pləˈkeɪtɪd]

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪtɪd]

v.  安抚; 平息(怒气)
placate的过去分词和过去式

过去式：placated　

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。”

双语例句

• Not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty; grim determination.
  不会因恳求而被安抚、满足和打动；“不屈的决心”。
• Only Parmalat's seemingly astute ability to rapidly grow earnings and revenues with acquisitions had placated those concerns.
  不过，帕玛拉特所拥有似乎很机敏的能力，可以通过收购快速提高利润和收入，才打消市场疑虑。
• Outraged minority groups will not be placated by promises of future improvements.
  将来改善的许诺不能安抚愤怒的少数民族。
• The Department of justice will not be placated; tax treaties with Britain, Germany and Austria that preserve bank secrecy may well be torpedoed by Swiss citizens in a referendum planned for November.
  美国司法部不会那么好说话；与英国、德国和澳大利亚达成的保留银行业保密原则的税务条约很可能会被计划在11月进行的瑞士公投所破坏。
• Certain critics will never be placated and fiscal first-quarter results weren't the greatest.
  当然，总会有人批评，而且沃尔玛第一季度的表现也不是最好的。
• This placated the little boy.
  这个说法安抚了儿子。
• RIM placated some disgruntled shareholders earlier this month, promising to review a structure that allows Messrs.
  本月早些时候，RIM公司试图安抚一些心怀不满的股东。