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
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- 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。
- The move was widely seen as an attempt to appease critics of the regime.
- 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.- 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。 - The offer has not appeased separatists.
该提议未能平抚分裂分子。
- Gandhi was accused by some of trying to appease both factions of the electorate...
英英释义
verb
- make peace with
- overcome or allay
- quell my hunger
- cause to be more favorably inclined
- She managed to mollify the angry customer
双语例句
- Descend and appease your hunger with our bread and quench your thirst with our wine.
下来用我们的面包充饥，用我们的葡萄酒解渴吧。 - 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。 - They tame the lions in the army, not appease them.
在军队中，他们对凶暴如狮的人是驯服他们而不是姑息他们。 - It is a blunder for them to try to appease the aggressor.
他们想姑息侵略者，那是一个大错。 - Several practical application prove that this resolvent not only can appease enterprise's request for privilege management of MIS, but also is very flexible and exercisable.
通过在多个实际系统中的应用，证明此方案不仅可以满足企业对信息系统权限管理的要求，而且使权限管理具有很高的灵活性和可操作性。 - The need to appease powerful reactionaries in the church.
安抚教会中有势力的保守分子的必要性。 - He has to appease his young brother.
他不得不迁就他的弟弟。 - 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。 - He said he could eat an elephant to appease his hunger.
他说他吃光一头大象才能充饥。 - He tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
他试图以糖果安抚哭泣的小孩。