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

• 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 tried to appease the crying child by giving him candy.
  他试图以糖果安抚哭泣的小孩。
• Chamberlain tried to appease Hitler with Sudetenland at Munich.
  张伯伦在慕尼黑企图牺牲苏台德地区来安抚希特勒。
• 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。
• 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。
• His attempts to appease her only added fuel to the fire.
  他试着安抚她，结果却造成火上加油的局面。
• By charisma of veterans, Abe expect to regain electorates and appease different voices.
  安倍希望借政坛老将的魅力重新夺回选民，平息党内的批评意见。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。