appease

英 [əˈpiːz]

美 [əˈpiːz]

v.  安抚; 抚慰; 绥靖(满足另一国的要求以避免战争)

过去分词：appeased　现在分词：appeasing　过去式：appeased　第三人称单数：appeases　

GRETEM8法律

Collins.1 / BNC.13880 / COCA.12426

牛津词典

verb

• 安抚；抚慰
  to make sb calmer or less angry by giving them what they want
  1. 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。
• 绥靖（满足另一国的要求以避免战争）
  to give a country what it wants in order to avoid war

柯林斯词典

• VERB 平息;安抚;抚慰
  If you try toappeasesomeone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
  1. Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate...
     一些人指责甘地试图安抚两派选民。
  2. The offer has not appeased separatists.
     该提议未能平抚分裂分子。

英英释义

verb

• make peace with
  Synonym:propitiate
• overcome or allay
  1. quell my hunger
  Synonym:quellstay
• cause to be more favorably inclined
  1. She managed to mollify the angry customer
  Synonym:pacifylenifyconciliateassuagemollifyplacategentlegruntle

双语例句

• We can not do so face-to-face, delicate appease and treatment.
  我们做不到如此面对面的、细致的安抚和治疗。
• I think it would appease my parents if I do so this summer.
  我想如果我今年夏天就开始考虑，父母一定会倍感宽慰。
• Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate
  一些人指责甘地试图安抚两派选民。
• I did it to appease the rest of my group.
  我是为了要平息我的手下。
• The antitrust laws have been stretched in order to appease the sentiment of populist Chinese websites.
  为了安抚中国民粹主义网站的情绪，反垄断法遭到了曲解。
• Recantation was not enough to appease the company and she was sacked a few days later.
  公开认错不足以让公司平息，几天后她便被炒了鱿鱼。
• Livni took a much tougher line on Iran, saying Israel and the international community need to confront Tehran and not appease it.
  利夫尼对伊朗则采取了比较强硬的态度。她说，以色列和国际社会需要对抗德黑兰，而不是安抚德黑兰。
• All pairs are also fitted with autoclave soles to appease the lifestyle look most of you are enjoying.
  也与所有对高压锅鞋底装有安抚的生活方式是你最期待的享受。
• He must appease Malay nationalists to keep his post, since his power base within UMNO is weak.
  他在巫统内部的权力基础相当薄弱，因此必须安抚马来民族主义分子，才能保住自己的职位。
• If Mabel should get another miff, they'd never be able to appease her.
  如果梅宝儿再发怒的话，他们就没办法使她息怒了。