pacified

英 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

美 [ˈpæsɪfaɪd]

v.  使平静; 平息; 抚慰; 平息战争; 使实现和平
pacify的过去分词和过去式

柯林斯词典

• VERB 安抚；抚慰；使平静
  If youpacifysomeone who is angry, upset, or not pleased, you succeed in making them calm or pleased.
  1. Is this a serious step, or is this just something to pacify the critics?...
     这一措施是来真的？还是仅仅为了安抚批评人士？
  2. She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
     她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• VERB 平定；平息；镇压
  If the army or the policepacifya group of people, they use force to overcome their resistance or protests.
  1. Government forces have found it difficult to pacify the rebels...
     政府军发现难以平定叛军。
  2. They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
     当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。

双语例句

• German anxieties might be pacified were Mr Weber to succeed Mr Trichet when he steps down next year.
  如果明年特里谢先生卸任后，韦伯先生可以接任的话，这或许可以消除德国人民的焦虑和愤怒。
• In a press release, Samsung said the "furious growth spurt seen in the global smartphone market last year is expected to be pacified by intensifying price competition compounded by a slew of new products."
  三星在新闻稿中称：“去年全球智能手机市场经历了爆炸式增长，但随着新产品不断上市和价格竞争加剧，今年智能手机增速将会放缓。”
• He knows that all those sensations will be pacified with the dissolution of the body, just as the flame of a lamp goes out when oil and wick give out.
  他知道，所有这些感觉会因为身体的解体而变得安静，就像是一盏灯的火焰，当油和灯芯拔出去时就熄灭了。
• They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
• That thou mayest remember, and be confounded, and never open thy mouth any more because of thy shame, when I am pacified toward thee for all that thou hast done, saith the Lord GOD.
  好使你在我赦免你一切所行的时候，心里追念，自觉抱愧，又因你的羞辱就不再开口。这是主耶和华说的。
• She shrieked again, refusing to be pacified.
  她又尖叫了，无法使她平静下来。
• Scientists investigating the effect of the meditative state on Buddhist monk's brains have found that portions of the organ previously active become quiet, whilst pacified areas become stimulated.
  科学家调查了佛教僧侣脑冥想态的作用影响，发现器官的一部分先前活动变得安静，同时安静的部位变得受刺激了。
• Better than a thousand utterance with useless word is one single beneficial word, by hearing which one is pacified.
  读诵没有用的话语一千句，倒不如只听到一句有益的话带给人安宁。
• Just in case some are still lively, bees can be pacified with a few puffs of smoke blown into each hive's narrow entrance.
  不过万一一些还醒着，蜜蜂能通过往每个狭窄入口吹烟的方式安静下来。
• He pacified his conscience by promising himself he would start work tomorrow.
  他答应自己明天开始工作，借以使良心得到安宁。