placating

英 [pləˈkeɪtɪŋ]

美 [ˈpleɪkeɪtɪŋ]

v.  安抚; 平息(怒气)
placate的现在分词

COCA.43298

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

adj

• intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
  1. the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich
  2. placating (or placative) gestures
  3. an astonishingly placatory speech
  Synonym:appeasing(a)placativeplacatory

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