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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Collins.1 / BNC.14004 / COCA.16057

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

• China, however, appears to have outsmarted its rivals in recent months by taking steps – some symbolic and some real – to placate its African critics.
  然而，中国似乎巧妙地胜过了对手们，在近几个月里采取一些措施有些是象征性的，也有些是实质性的以安抚非洲的批评人士。
• He smiled, trying to placate me
  他微笑着，想要安抚我。
• Now Mr Tsang will have to come up with an electoral plan for the coming years that will placate public impatience but not alarm China.
  现在摆在曾先生面前的问题是如何制定来年的选举计划既能安抚民众的急躁情绪但又不会让中央不高兴。
• 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。
• 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。
• Nobody would tell her the truth, they were all too anxious to placate and to soothe.
  谁也不愿告诉她事实真相，他们都急于安慰她。
• 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。
• Watch for China to increase its capital flows to the emerging markets to placate critics.
  让我们等待中国增加对新兴市场的资金流动，以安抚批评者吧。
• He never attempt to placate his enemy.
  他从不企图与敌人和解。