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

• The baby could not be pacified.
  婴儿怎么也不能平静下来。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• The act of pacifying or the condition of being pacified; appeasement. God of Xin'an God of Peace-Research on Wang Hua in Annals of Xin'an by Luo Yuan
  镇定；和解；绥靖使安定的行动或处于安宁的状态；绥靖新安之神靖民之神&罗愿《新安志》关于汪华的研究
• We pacified him, and the carpenter, though washed away twice from there, managed to repair the door.
  我们设法让他平静下来，而木工尽管被海水冲走过两次，但还是努力把门修好。
• And comfort him, hug him. He then will be pacified. But if you both get angry, even God cannot do anything good!
  安慰他一下，抱一抱他就消气了，如果两个一起生气的话，上帝也挡不了！
• They were eventually pacified by officers of the local police.
  当地警察最终把他们镇压了下去。
• He pacified his crying child by cuddling her.
  他抱起哭泣的孩子抚慰她。
• Can be pacified or satisfied.
  可以被安抚或能使之感到满意。